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  • Somewhere in Love
  • Endless
  • Halloween Ball (The)
  • In Ashes
  • Bad Reputation
  • Akin's Desert
  • Quir
  • Parque de diversões
  • Odd Fish
  • Moment for Love (A)
  • Love Me
  • Under the Southern Cross: The Art and Legacy of Henry L. Faulkner
  • Those Who Wait
  • Found Photo (The)
  • Surfacing
  • Armand
  • Bliss
  • Cheers to Life
  • Full Support
  • Who Wants to Marry an Astronaut?
  • Better Man
  • Fugue
  • Frikis (Los)
  • Blue for a Boy
  • Best Friend (The)
  • Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion
  • Diosa
  • Children of God
  • Blindgänger
  • Bel Ami
  • Come Closer
  • 1-800-ON-HER-OWN
  • Helen and the Bear
  • Darcy & Jer: No Refunds
  • Pride from Above
  • Inside Out 2
  • Out
  • Padres
  • Unspoken
  • Holiday Exchange (The)

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Country: UK, Language: English, 81 mins

  • Director: Michael Winterbottom
  • Writer: Jimmy McGovern; Paul Henry Powell
  • Producer: Andrew Eaton; Sheila Fraser Milne

CGiii Comment

Typical heavy-handed McGovern writing...he who prefers to use a sledgehammer when a chisel would have done a more delicate job.

Abrasive, gruff and not entirely convincing.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Nick, is a young Scottish soccer player living in the big city. He meets Karen, and the two fall in love and move in together. Soon after, Nick exhibits signs of serious illness. As his body slowly succumbs to multiple sclerosis, he experiences a wide sweep of jagged emotions, and in the process gives himself and those who love him the strength to carry on.

Cast & Characters

Robert Carlyle as Nick Cameron;
Juliet Aubrey as Karen Walker;
James Nesbitt as Tony;
Sophie Okonedo as Paula;
Berwick Kaler as Sammy;
Darren Tighe as Dell;
Sean McKenzie as George;
John Brobbey as Geoff;
Sara Stockbridge as Bridget;
Tom Watson as Bill Cameron