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A Boy Called Dad

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A Boy Called Dad
UK promotional poster
Directed byBrian Percival
Written byJulie Rutterford
Produced byMichael Knowles
Stacey Murray
Mark John
StarringIan Hart
Louise Delamere
Kyle Ward
CinematographyDavid Katznelson
Production
company
Made Up North Productions
Release dates
  • 18 June 2009 (2009-06-18) (EIFF)
  • 30 April 2010 (2010-04-30) (United Kingdom)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£1 million

A Boy Called Dad is a 2009 British drama film, produced by Made Up North Productions. It is the feature film debut of director Brian Percival, screenwriter Julie Rutterford, producers Michael Knowles and Stacey Murray, and co-producer Mark John. It stars Ian Hart and Kyle Ward as father and son.

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Do you know what you want? Oh, yes, I do. I'll have steak-- What the hell are these little after-school tea parties about? Hi. Sorry? What did you say? I was just wondering why a single, childless man would want... to hang out with a 1 2-year-old boy every day. Wait a minute. You didn't tell your mum you'd been comin' round? I think I forgot. Tell me what? What are you doing with my son? Wait a minute. What are you suggesting here? I'm not suggesting anything. I think you are. I think you were suggesting that I've been interfering with your son. I'm simply asking you why you entertain 1 2-year olds in your flat. My God. Oh, My God. What do you have to say for yourself? Well? Don't "well" me. Don't "well" me about it, for Christ's sakes. He comes around uninvited every night of the week, and do you know why? Because he's having the shit bullied out of him at school, and you haven't got a clue. You're sending him out there like a lamb to the slaughter! He's being taken to pieces every day, you daft fucking hippie! You're being a bit melodramatic. Strange. Will had it right. Mum didn't. It was supposed to be the other way. Maybe you haven't had much contact with kids before. I used to be a bloody kid. I used to go to a bloody school, and I know the difference between kids... who can't settle down and kids who are just plain miserable! Look at him, for Christ's sake! Don't accuse me of being melodramatic. Coming From a woman who tried to-- Cowabunga! What's the matter with you? Nothing. I just felt like a shout. Jesus. What a family. Will, you're disturbing the other customers. That's fine. I'm sorry. I'm done. Okay, so you're not-- What? No, I'm not! No, I'm not. Listen, don't worry about it. I will not open the door to Marcus again. Okay? I'll be glad to be rid of the pair of you, frankly. Go on. Bugger off. I'm sorry. So that's it, is it? You're just out of his life like that? Excuse me? Let's say you're right, and I'm wrong. Let's say that I don't understand, and somehow, miraculously, you do. Well, what are you gonna do about it? I'm not gonna do anything. He's none of my business. Oh, you're a selfish bastard. That's what I keep telling him. He always puts himself first. But I'm on my own. It's just me. I'm not putting myself first, because there's nobody else. Yes, yes, there is. There's Marcus. You're involved now. He keeps coming round your bloody house. I understand... you've come into his life for a reason, and you can't just shut him out, shut life out. No man is an island. She's right, you know. Yeah, She is. No, she's not. She's wrong. Some men are islands. I'm a bloody island. I'm bloody Ibiza.

Plot

A Boy Called Dad tells the story of Robbie, a fourteen-year-old boy who has just become a father. Robbie wishes to take responsibility for his baby son, Elliot, but the mother wants nothing more to do with him. A near-accident reunites Robbie with his estranged father, Joe, and for a while their relationship flourishes. But Joe proves a feckless, unreliable man, and Robbie realizes he does not want to be the same kind of father to his own child. After seeing the baby with his mother and her abusive new boyfriend, Robbie decides to take action. Confrontation leads to violence, and Robbie kidnaps his son and goes on the run. Travelling cross-country, he meets Nia, a traumatized young woman who has some ugly family issues to resolve. Meanwhile, an increasingly guilt-ridden Joe searches for Robbie, trying to guess where he might go next. His search leads to a final confrontation between Joe and Robbie, in which each is forced to face up to the past. The police soon arrive and Robbie gives Joe his son. In the end, Robbie says "They reckon that when you're drowning, you see your life flash before ya. But I didn't, I saw someone else's life, it was my son's, Elliot."

Cast

Festival screenings

A Boy Called Dad received its world premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival in 2009, where it was nominated for the Michael Powell award and Kyle Ward received a Trailblazer award.[1][failed verification] The film was also voted an audience favorite at the festival.[citation needed] The film has since gone on to screen in at the 4th International Rome Film Festival,[2][failed verification] the CineMagic in Belfast,[citation needed] and to a home crowd at the Salford Film Festival.[3]

A Boy Called Dad was released on DVD on 14 August 2010.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Ian Hart drama to premiere at Edinburgh Film Festival". Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Festival internazionale del Film di Roma". Archived from the original on 5 October 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
  3. ^ "The Seventh Salford Film Festival 2010. A Boy Called Dad". The Salford Film Festival. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  4. ^ "DVD: A boy called Dad, Brian Percival, (15)". The Independent. London. 22 October 2011. Archived from the original on 23 August 2010.

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