An ordinary man is arrested in an unnamed Middle Eastern country. Suspected of terrorism, he is held for 'enhanced interrogation'. Alone in the dark, he hallucinates a series of psychological tortures. When he is rescued we discover the real brutality that he has been subjected to.
Aaron (14) is ghosthunting in the attic as usual. His mum, downstairs, deals with her daily battle for his son’s support for learning at school. Living under the same roof, they both navigate the struggle to connect while missing each other.
In an inner-city pub in Northern England, the lives of its regulars unfold through politics, love, loss and song, as a community holds on with quiet dignity in a world growing more divided and uncertain.
Daisy returns home for her mother's birthday, ready for a weekend of family rituals and nostalgia. As old home videos reveal the richness of her own childhood, she faces the emotional weight of her looming abortion appointment.