Starring Paul Popplewell, David Bradley, Nicky Evans, Lynda Rooke.
The second full-length film of Vincent’s to be made by the BBC, it won Best Single Drama at the Royal Television Society awards, it tells the true story of 17 year-old Simon Willerton, a small time crook who ended up committing suicide on remand in an adult prison. A powerful and poetic account of the tragic descent of an odd but brilliant outsider as he falls through all the social safety nets.
You can watch the film here thanks to Paul Popplewell’s original archiving and Colin McKeown’s reworking of the files.
I just watched your compelling film, and was moved beyond words.
“`The lived truth of thirty years ago seems timeless in the way the brutality is portrayed, and there is an ‘other’ to the style of filming which many filmmakers today could learn so much from.
`I’d like to thank you, but that doesn’t seem quite right – but thank you for your commitment to these voices and lives, in film and script.
Hi Vincent,
I just watched your compelling film, and was moved beyond words.
“`The lived truth of thirty years ago seems timeless in the way the brutality is portrayed, and there is an ‘other’ to the style of filming which many filmmakers today could learn so much from.
`I’d like to thank you, but that doesn’t seem quite right – but thank you for your commitment to these voices and lives, in film and script.
Thank you Maria. Your comments mean a lot to me.
Vincent
I just watched the drama. Very poignant. Really sad that this kind hearted lad was taken for granted and brutalised by the system.