original title:
Nowhere Special
directed by:
cast:
James Norton, Daniel Lamont, Eileen O’Higgins, Valene Kane, Keith McErlean, Sean Sloan, Laura Hughes, Siobhan McSweeney, Chris Corrigan, Evá Morris, Louise Matthews, Roisin Gallagher, Caolan Byrne
screenplay:
cinematography:
editing:
set design:
Patrick Creighton
music:
Andrew Simon McAllister
producer:
production:
Picomedia, Avanpost/Digital Cube, Red Wave Films, Rai Cinema, with the support of Eurimages, Romanian Film Center, Northern Ireland Screen
distribution:
Lucky Red [Italy], Icon Film [Australia], Cineart [Belgium], A2 Filmes [Brazil], Sphère Films [Canada], Scanbox Entertainment [Denmark], Russian World Vision [Estonia], Scanbox Entertainment [Finland], Arp Sélection [France], Piffl Medien [Germany], Mozinet [Hungary], Scanbox Entertainment [Iceland], Curzon Film [Ireland], Lev Cinema [Israel], Kino Films [Japan], Russian World Vision [Latvia], Russian World Vision [Lithuania], Gussi [Mexico], Cineart [Netherlands], Icon Film [New Zealand], Scanbox Entertainment [Norway], Russian World Vision [Russia], A Contracorriente Films [Spain], Scanbox Entertainment [Sweden], Filmcoopi Zurich [Switzerland], MovieCloud [Taiwan], Russian World Vision [Ukraine], Curzon Film [United Kingdom], Cohen Media Group [United States]
world sales:
country:
Italy/Romania/UK
year:
2020
film run:
96'
format:
colour
release date:
08/12/2021
festivals & awards:
John, a 35-year-old window cleaner, devotes his life to raising his 4-year-old son Michael, as the child’s mother left them immediately after his birth. Their life is a simple one, made up of universal daily rituals, a life of complete dedication and innocent love that reveals the strength of their relationship. But John only has a few months to live. Since he has no family to turn to, he will spend the days left to him looking for a new and perfect one to adopt Michael, trying to protect his child from the terrible reality.
DIRECTOR'S NOTES:
I wanted to make this film as soon as I read about a terminally ill father who was trying to find a new family for his son before dying. Although the situation in which the main characters find themselves is an extremely dramatic one, the decision I took when writing the script was to approach the story in a very subtle, discreet manner, keeping as far away as possible from melodrama and sentimentalism. The biggest challenge was to work with such a small child and create a credible and moving father-son relationship. At the age of just four the young Daniel Lamont is a born actor, extraordinary aware and sensitive, and he has had the fortune to work alongside an actor of great talent and generosity like James Norton.