A cancelled holiday forces a moody teen and his single mum into a long, awkward summer together, filled with metal, melancholy, and unexpected warmth.
When Daniel’s Florida holiday is cancelled, he’s stuck spending the summer with his mum Sue, a mild-mannered librarian trying her best to connect. In Days of the Bagnold Summer, Simon Bird crafts a tender, funny portrait of family friction, teenage boredom, and quiet love. Monica Dolan and Earl Cave shine as mother and son navigating the gulf between them with wit, patience, and the occasional Metallica riff.
Rialto Recommends: Days of the Bagnold Summer. A bittersweet slice of suburban life, Days of the Bagnold Summer finds beauty in the boredom, humour in the silences, and heart in the small gestures that bind us. Funny, awkward, and unexpectedly touching, this is family at its most real, scored to the perfect Belle & Sebastian soundtrack.
Cast
Monica Dolan, Rob Brydon, Alice Lowe, Tamsin Greig, Nathanael Saleh, Grace Hogg-Robinson, Earl Cave
Director
Language
English
Closed Captions [CC]
English
Country
UK
Studio
Limelight