PREVIEW: The Pebble and the Boy (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Patrick McNamee (film debut), Sacha Parkinson (Apostasy), Max Boast (film debut), Patsy Kensit (Absolute Beginners), Ricci Harnett (28 Days Later), Jesse Birdsall (Beyond Bedlam), Emma Stansfield (Best Laid Plans), Christine Tremarco (The Trouble with Men and Women), Stuart Wolfenden (Dead Man’s Shoes), Charlotte Tyree (film debut), Brian Croucher (Outside Bet), Jamie Lomas (The Wind that Shakes the Barley), Rick S. Carr (Get Santa), James Mackie (The Penalty King)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Chris Green (Me, Myself and Di), director, writer; Michael Knowles (A Boy Called Dad) and Jo Mifsud (film debut), producers; Ian Livingstone (The King Maker), composer; Max Williams (Deny Everything), cinematographer; Craig Leedham (Desperate Measures), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

After his father passes away, young John (McNamee) decides to pay tribute to his father’s Mod roots by taking his prized Lambretta scooter on a trip from Manchester to Brighton, where he plans to scatter his father’s ashes…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

A road trip with a classic Mod mentality, as well as a soundtrack of rocking favourites, this Brit flick offers a little something for just about everyone.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 27TH AUGUST 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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