Project Detail

The Only Boy for Me

Synopsis

Annie is bringing up her son Charlie in a village in the country on her own. She meets Mack, divorced, fun and sexy. He falls in love with her, meets and charms seven-year-old Charlie, and then is offered a wonderful job in New York. He wants them both to come with him.
But Annie has her family, her friends and her well-paid job and Charlie fights his corner as hard as he can - this is a real threat to his familiar life and he isn't going to make it easy for them. He particularly fights her ruling that he's now too old to sneak into her bed at night and must sleep on his own.

Who gets to choose? Annie makes the difficult decision, turning down passion and adventure in favour of stability and roots for Charlie, but it's a lot to give up and maybe not what's really best for Charlie either.
Mack, not enjoying New York without them, realises that there is possibly another solution. It seems unlikely, but he can try life her way. He's coming back.

Details

Year
2006
Type of project
Features
Running time
92 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Dewi Humphreys 1st Feature
Producer
Ann Scott
Editor
George Akers
Screenwriter
Mark Wallington
Director of Photography
Martin Hawkins
Sound
Ron Bailey
Composer
Ilona Sekacz
Principal cast
Helen Baxendale, Patrick Baladi

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Greenpoint Films

7 Denmark Street
London WC2H 8LZ
UK

T+44 (0)20 7240 7066

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