Short Film
Patrick Nicholls | 2017
“Manchester, England. Late May 1999.
Joe Reddy feels like he’s falling apart. Because of all the arguments, his wife has moved back into her mother’s house, and their only contact is in the form of sporadic phone calls that just don’t seem to solve anything. Most days, he works nine to five on a building site and comes home to a silent, empty house.
His only company is his widowed Dad, Patrick, providing light relief and helping him sit through his problems and escape the house by taking him out to the pub to watch Manchester United, sharing a life of advice along the way. Set across ten nervous days, when United are playing to win a historic treble of the Premier League, FA Cup and European Cup, Joe and his dad contemplate the luck in his life with the desperate hope that it will mirror that of their beloved team. A heartfelt look at hope, the father-son bond and pre-millennial working-class Manchester.”
I did the location recording, sound design, mixing and mastering.
Watch the full film on FilmFreeway here: https://filmfreeway.com/thespiritof58