Up There (2012)

Directed by

Zam Salim

Genre

comedy film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 20m

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man in a small town gets stuck in a dead-end job after being laid off. He forms an unexpected bond with a woman who works at a local hotel. The story follows their awkward and touching attempts to find purpose.

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What happens

Up There is a 2011 British feature film comedy-drama, written and directed by Zam Salim and starring Burn Gorman, Kate O'Flynn, Aymen Hamdouchi, Chris Waitt, Jo Hartley and Warren Brown. It is financed by the UK Film Council, BBC and Creative Scotland. It is based on Salim's short film "Laid Off". The film had its world premiere at the International Film Festival of Mannheim-Heidelberg on 18 November 2011. It won the award for Best Feature Film at the 2012 British Academy Scotland Awards, and was broadcast on BBC Two in August 2015. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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