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Treading Water / Pic: IMDb
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JAMES WALSH has a great night in the company of basketball players, quantum physicists and the exquisite timing of Rosie Jones
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Treading Water (18)
Directed by Gino Evans
★★★
SET in Manchester, Gino Evans’s powerful and hard-hitting directorial debut feature shines a light on the lack of opportunity afforded to many people in British society whose struggles and plight are overlooked in film.
Part character study, and part love story, it is viewed against the backdrop of mental health issues, drug addiction and inadequate housing as it follows Danny (Joe Gill) as he is released from prison and then faces the tough reality of living in supported accommodation.
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