The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
Kath, a shy young woman, befriends Bob, the reclusive gardener at a seaside hotel where she's getting married. Kath has never come to terms with her mother leaving home when she was eight and that her overbearing father, Ken, never talks about her. Now she is getting married to escape, only to discover that her fiancée, Steve, is completely dominated by Ken as well. Bob is a gentle, eccentric man with a dry sense of humour and a troubled past. He spent a long time in prison and in the years he's worked at the hotel he has never ventured beyond the gardens, which he tends with obsessive care. Kath sparks a connection to an unresolved relationship from Bob's past with a girl called Louise which resonates so strongly that he feels compelled to leave the safety of the hotel and confront his past.
Ratings
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Michael MüllerWriter
- David ScheinmannDirector
- Danny ScheinmannDirector
Cast
- Greg WiseBob
- Tessa Peake-JonesBryony
- Lewis RainerSteve
- Alice SykesKath
- Martin MarquezKen
- Dean CoulsonDon
- Sharon BowerPat
- Emma DavidsonAgressive Women
- Isabella DavidsonChild at windmill
- Manal El-FeiturySecond Woman at windmill 2
- Sandra HagelstamLouise
- Eleanor HerdmanCheryl