Eric the postman is slipping through his own fingers... His chaotic family, his wild stepsons and the cement mixer in the front garden don’t help, but it is Eric’s own secret that drives him to the brink. Can he face Lily, the woman he once loved 30 years ago? Despite outrageous efforts and misplaced goodwill from his football fan mates, Eric continues to sink. In desperate times it takes a spliff and a special friend from foreign parts to challenge a lost postman to make that journey into the most perilous territory of all – the past.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 56 min.
- Country, year
- United Kingdom, France, Italy, Belgium, Spain, 2009
- Genre
- Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Comedy
- Language
- English
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Ken Loach
- Screenplay
- Paul Laverty
- Cinematography
- Barry Ackroyd
- Cast
- Steve Evets, Eric Cantona, Stephanie Bishop
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- unknown - 1
Director
Ken Loach
Ken Loach (born in 1936) studied law at university, spent a brief spell in the theatre, and was recruited in 1963 by the BBC as a trainee television director. He made a huge impact with his TV play “Cathy Come Home “(1966), and his first two feature films, “Poor Cow” (1967) and “Kes” (winner of the Crystal Globe at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 1969). Loach spent the next two decades working in television. Loach’s films have garnered numerous nominations and prizes at all the major international film festivals, including Cannes, Venice and Berlin, and at Britain’s BAFTA Awards.
