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United Kingdom/ Surrey 2014

Director: Jay Davies

With Georgia Elsie, Sonny

Evans, Rich Davies, Betty

Davies

Certificate 15 5m 14s

CREDITSBootleg LLCpresents a

Mercury

Productions at

the Lexmount

studios, Surrey.

Executive

producers

Grace Sheridan

Lee Musson

CASTGeorgia Elsie

Billy

Sonny Evans

Himself

Richard Davies

Dad

Elizabeth Davies

Nan

Cannon

Digital/D12/SDDS

ln Colour

[1.85:1]

strong brother who isemotionally glued to his littlebrother and Dillon who knowsnothing better but to love.This is no ideal family tie, thebroken link of the mother has

loosened into a corrupt

disfigurement of a once happyfamily relationship which nowworsens instead of gets better,

with the faith of recuperating,the brother sacrifices his ownplace in this once called familyto do whats best for his littlebrothersfuture.

Of course theres a sensitivetopic of child abuse overseeing

the fathers lavish behaviour,which can be seen as a harshinfringement to a film asemotive in the narrative as it isalready. It seems the traumatictheme is secluded in a way its

not as much in your facespitting its indecency at you.Its safe to say Billy (GeorgiaElsie) is having a hard timetolerating this grown lifestylewhich consequently the father

has done nothing more thansail the issues. The scatteringof beer cans and cigarettes tored marks on the little boysneck indicates the pain, miseryand the complete struggle

which Davies has fused intothis gripping film. This sumwhat twilight family has leftBilly in this state which wegrow ever so sympathetictowards which inclines as thestory progresses.

It is obvious to state that theaudience are viewed with acontinuity of emotion. Wewould hope to see Billy growfrom this gruelling day but we

With you: Georgia Elsie, Sonny Evans

see no hope in ever seeing aclosure to this uphill battlewhich of ever seeing a normal

day. The dominants of thefather overrule any signs ofthis emotional path narrowing.Billy is shown to be at the first

time we see him, lounging onhis bed, a typical convention of

a teenage boy, also thispresentation of a lazy, laidback, bone idle boy who doesnothing but make the dustaround him pile, but as thestory progress the feelings for

him blossom as we see him as amore independent caringcharacter who wants nothingmore than a warm family.Billys decisive decision for

Dillons future is far fromDavies expectations for thisshort; I feel this itsnot only a

drowned realism film with onemeaning but the impact of a

mothersdeath what has beenfed chaos with its atrociousshrapnel what scars a victim

instead of a mere graze. We seethis as a step closer to a featurebut not an invitation.

Jay Davies

Director

Jay Davies

Producer

Myles Egan

Screenplay

Jay Davies

Story

Jay Davies

Director of

Photography

Myles Egan

Editor

Jay Davies

Production

Designer

Jules Becker

Music

Jay Davies

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Ever has it been that loveknows not its own depth until

the hour of separation. KahlilGibran words describe thenature of events which unfoldin a small semi-detachedmaisonette in South London, in

the realist short directed by JayDavies.When we are first introduced

to Billy, he is in the normalstate of any teenage boyimprisoned amongst clothes

and debris lounging in his bedwhich isolates him from the on-

going life outside his room,typical?, or just hiding theknown of his fathers vulgarhabits. Billy knows that hisbrother, Dillon, whos narrow

minded approach to life istypically restrained by his age,is due for the news of hisrelocation urged along by his

ambiguous, so called father.The plot leads the two brothers

down memory lane to an emptyspot where Billy used to takeDillon when he was just a babya touching attempt on Billyspart to bond with his sibling. It

seems that the travel to thisplace brings emotion in its selfby seeing the two brothersengage with each other, in thesense that Billy is making themost of his little brotherspresence showing a clear feel ofdependence from one another

to survive this cruel nature.Davies past film, Solitude

(2012) offered anuncomfortable watch bycreating a socially deterioratedboy who finds comfort in

talking to his deceased relative.Apart from you portrays asimilar basis of issues from itspredecessor; from a brokenchild to a broken family, Davieshas gone safe with what he

knows best to create thismoving piece which includes anin- capable father who tends toharm for authority, a socially

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SYNOPSIS South London, present day, to discover his fatheron-going vile habits, Billy, 16, finds himself in a forced situation

that will deteriorate the strong brotherhood, which has beensecurely bonded by the recent passing of their mother. Beingconfined with the task to tell his brother that he has to stay

with his grandma, Billy is on split paths to lie or tell the truth asit all has a bad effect on his younger brother Dillon, 6, its justknowing what the right thing is to do.

Billy, stuck with this difficult dilemma, takes the two of themon a moving journey to a nostalgia place the two boys used to

go. Billys comforting presence is wounded by the thought ofthis bein the last time hes with him.