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Gay Short

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Country: United Kingdom, Language: English, 9 mins

Gay Short | Incredible Shorts | Iris Prize: Shortlist 2023 | Iris Prize Nominee: Best British Short 2023 | 2023
  • Director: Thom Petty
  • Writer: Thom Petty
  • Producer: Margaret Milner, Natasha Wilson

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After 40 years together, there's no much to say...it's almost like reading each others' mind.

This is a perfect understatement of the deepest emotion.

Beautiful and utterly devastating.

Trailer...

The(ir) Blurb...

Howard drives his partner Joseph from their farm to hospital to undergo high risk surgery. The unexpected discovery of an old mix tape in the glove compartment sees the masculinity of their forty-year relationship start to yield.

Cast & Characters

Paul Copley (as Howard)
Ian Gelder (as Joseph)
Eliza Marsland (as Bridget)

IMDb

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt24660948