Drama

Fantasy

The Drowning of Arthur Braxton

Fireflight Film

United Kingdom

English

James Tarpey

Rebecca Hanssen

Johnny Vegas

Ben Hawkey

Sophie Wright

Malcolm Freeman

Keith Rice

Caroline Partridge

Toby Williams

Nisa Cole

Lin Sagovsky

Kirstie Shapiro

Paul Dewdney

Anuree De Silva

Peter Coulthard

Helen Stirling

Isabella Larter

Marty Webb

Caroline Smailes

Luke Cutforth

Josh Winsdale

Lex Beckett

Josh Winslade

Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

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James Tarpey is quite good as the eponymous young man in this slightly super-natural drama. Bullied at school and largely ignored by his dipsomaniac dad (Johnny Vegas) at home, he seeks solace (and safety) in a disused public swimming baths. It is here that he encounters the young "Laurel" (Sophie Wright) and "Delphina" (Rebecca Hanssen). Neither girl will ever get out of the water nor can he get in! As he becomes a regular visitor, he gradually falls for "Delphina" but is all as it seems? Malcolm Freeman's "Mr. Silver" is also a regular at the pool, but what is he doing there - and what hold has he over the swimmers? Vegas is also good as the negligent father and as the story gently unfolds, it has a simplicity - young love - to it. The ending isn't maybe the best, the story does tend to dart about a bit, but it cannot have had much of a budget and Luke Cutforth manages to develop just enough of the characterisations to keep it interesting. Maybe "Arthur" ought to have invested in a pair of Speedos?

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