86 mins |
Rated
M (Offensive language)
Directed by Simon Bird
Starring Rob Brydon, Monica Dolan, Tamsin Greig, Alice Lowe, Nathanael Saleh, Grace Hogg-Robinson, Earl Cave
The directorial debut of The Inbetweeners star Simon Bird, Days Of The Bagnold Summer is an unexpectedly gentle and pensive portrait of a strained relationship between a mother and a son. A distance has grown between divorcee Sue and her 15-year-old thrash metal obsessed son Daniel. When a long-awaited trip to visit his father and new stepmother in the US is cancelled at the last minute, Daniel and his mother face an uneasy six weeks together. Can the gap between them be bridged by sandwiches and shoe-shopping or is there no chance now of finding common ground?
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The directorial debut of The Inbetweeners star Simon Bird, Days Of The Bagnold Summer is an unexpectedly gentle and pensive portrait of a strained relationship between a mother and a son. A distance has grown between divorcee Sue and her 15-year-old thrash metal obsessed son Daniel. When a long-awaited trip to visit his father and new stepmother in the US is cancelled at the last minute, Daniel and his mother face an uneasy six weeks together. Can the gap between them be bridged by sandwiches and shoe-shopping or is there no chance now of finding common ground?