“Nowhere Special” is a drama movie about a working class single parent who must make arrangements for the care of his four-year-old son when he is faced with a diagnosis of a terminal illness. Director-screenwriter Uberto Pasolini (“Still Life” 2013) put together an engrossing and realistic story with good writing and quality production values. The story is set in Northern Ireland with an Italian director.
Pasolini assembled a talented cast, including James Norton as the father and child actor Daniel Lamont as the son. The pair seem natural together, with great on-screen chemistry, appearing in most scenes of the film. Norton is most famous as the crime-solving Vicar Sidney Chambers in the first four series of ITV’s “Grantchester” (2014-2018).
Co-stars include Eileen O’Higgins, Valerie O’Connor, Valene Kane, Keith McErlean, Siobhan McSweeney, and Niahm McGrady. The watchable “Nowhere Special” was not a big box office hit, as it had spotty releases at the Venice Film Festival in 2020, in the UK in 2021, and in America in 2024. “Nowhere Special” is a production of Digital Cube of Romania, Picomedia Productions of the UK, RAI Cinema and Lucky Red of Italy, and Eurimages of the European Union.
Nowhere Special (2020)
cinema
My Review
“Nowhere Special” is a drama movie about a working class single parent who must make arrangements for the care of his four-year-old son when he is faced with a diagnosis of a terminal illness. Director-screenwriter Uberto Pasolini (“Still Life” 2013) put together an engrossing and realistic story with good writing and quality production values. The story is set in Northern Ireland with an Italian director.
Pasolini assembled a talented cast, including James Norton as the father and child actor Daniel Lamont as the son. The pair seem natural together, with great on-screen chemistry, appearing in most scenes of the film. Norton is most famous as the crime-solving Vicar Sidney Chambers in the first four series of ITV’s “Grantchester” (2014-2018).
Co-stars include Eileen O’Higgins, Valerie O’Connor, Valene Kane, Keith McErlean, Siobhan McSweeney, and Niahm McGrady. The watchable “Nowhere Special” was not a big box office hit, as it had spotty releases at the Venice Film Festival in 2020, in the UK in 2021, and in America in 2024. “Nowhere Special” is a production of Digital Cube of Romania, Picomedia Productions of the UK, RAI Cinema and Lucky Red of Italy, and Eurimages of the European Union.