Project Detail

In My Beginning Is My End

Gilbert Watikins as Robbie (younger)
Steve Oram as Pa
Robbie's narrow boat in countryside
Mike Wells as Robbie

Synopsis

Robbie exists on the margins of society. He lives alone on a narrow boat in rural England with little means. He has found solace in isolation and a humble life. Unexpectedly he is contacted with the unwanted news of his estranged father’s death. This drags up emotions from the past that quickly become too much to bear…
And so, the story begins… A journey back into his past. A journey on a motorcycle to find his mother. He drives, alone, through desolate landscapes, barren and mountainous, into the depths of his mind. A dream world where Robbie is forced to confront his past. Two stories emerge; memories from his childhood recurrently appear, fracturing the present where ex-lovers who have shaped his life confront him in surreal encounters.
With time the two stories collide, past and present become one. The road leads in one direction, back to his childhood home and ultimately, his first and now final love; his mother.
For where he began, he will now end and know himself for the first time.

Details

Year
2026
Type of project
Features
Running time
85 min
Format
Digital
Director
Ben O'Connor 2nd Feature
Producer
Ben O'Connor
Executive Producer
Edward Tull
Editor
Ben O'Connor
Screenwriter
Ben O'Connor
Director of Photography
Enda Bowe
Sound
Jon Gray
Composer
Alexander Painter
Principal cast
Steve Oram; Mike Wells; Mercedes Grower; Byrony Miller: Gilbert Watkins

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Feature One Ltd

Ben O'Connor
14 St George's Place
Brighton, England, BN1 4GB

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