Clio Barnard directs an adaptation of Keiran Goddard’s 2025 novel exploring a working-class friend group in Birmingham navigating post-Thatcher economic decline. The narrative follows five childhood friends—Patrick, Rian, Oli, Conor, and Shiv—now in their late twenties, each pursuing divergent paths while confronting systemic inequality and dwindling social housing. Set against the backdrop of 2.8 million lost UK social housing units since 1981, the film examines how austerity policies and broken electoral promises shape their generation’s prospects. Starring Anthony Boyle, Joe Cole, Jay Lycurgo, Daryl McCormack, and Lola Petticrew, the adaptation captures generational struggle and communal bonds fractured by economic pressure. Premiered at Cannes Film Festival in May 2026, the work combines intimate character study with sociopolitical commentary on housing precarity and class mobility in contemporary Britain.
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