A devoted son in his sixties spends a day navigating hospitals and wet pavements with his elderly father. Until, alone on the landing in the small hours; he begins to literally come apart at the seams.
Directed by Dan Thorburn
Produced by Casey Shaw
Written by Jill O'Halloran
Starring Dave Johns
Neil has always been there for his dad, Tommy. Every morning. Every appointment. Every indignity navigated with quiet love and the odd dry joke. But this trip to the hospital it turns out, isn't for Tommy. Neil needs an operation. A big one. And he has no idea who will look after his dad while he recovers.
That night, while scrubbing dog muck from the landing carpet on his hands and knees, something gives way. From somewhere deep inside him, stuffing begins to fall out of him. Like a well-worn teddy bear, Neil is coming apart at the seams.
Starring Dave Johns, beloved star of Ken Loaches I, Daniel Blake, Stitches is a warm, strange and quietly devastating portrait of devotion, duty, and the cost of holding everything together for someone you love.
-Stitches
AWARDS & OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
Bolton International Film Festival