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21 November 2008 (UK) moreGenre:
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Enlisted to teach a class of wheelchair-users about filmmaking, the neurotic Jasper gets a little more than he bargained for... more | full synopsisUser Comments:
Proper independent British film more (1 total)Cast
(Credited cast) | Dominic Coleman | ... | Jasper |
| Matthew Dunster | ... | Toby |
| Robyn Frampton | ... | Jess |
| Sasha Hardway | ... | Anais |
| Simon Lowe | ... | Policeman |
 | Jason Maza | ... | Dave |
 | David Proud | ... | Scott Swadkins |
| Lucinda Raikes | ... | Ann |
| Dave Thomas | ... | Farmer |
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Jasper is a film maker with ideological convictions but without a production budget. He finds himself involved in some work for the council to help make ends meet, teaching film-making to a handful of children with disabilities. One of his charges has his own views, one would rather be anywhere else but cooped up in a hall with Jasper and a video camera and one couldn't care less.
In the end, blessedly, it's not about disabilities or the power of cinema. This is no Dead Poets with ramps. It is about these characters. And mostly it is about Jasper, trying to figure it out. His failed relationship with a woman. His ambiguous relationship with the idea of cinema.
The result is not perfect, but hugely watchable. The central performance by Dominic Coleman holds the film together. The young people are believable. The story line is small in scale but engaging and illuminating. If it were French it would be a hit.
But it's British, and its neither feel-good nor auter-ish. Without earnest and well funded distribution, it disappears. Which is a shame.