THE BOYS ARE BACK 12
starring Clive Owen, Laura Fraser & George MacKay The Boys Are Back is a confessional tale of fatherhood. A sports journalist, in the wake of his wife’s death from cancer, finds himself suddenly in the state of single parenthood. Joe Warr (Owen) throws himself into the only child-rearing philosophy he thinks has a shot at bringing joy back into their lives: “Just say yes.” Raising two boys in a household devoid of feminine influence, and with a lack of rules, life becomes exuberant, instinctual, reckless… and on the constant verge of disaster.
This tale of a father trying to rear two young sons could have been an awful schmaltzfest but instead proves a winningly tender piece of filmmaking.
The Daily Telegraph
Featuring an introduction and post-film Q&A with adapting screenwriter Allan Cubitt
Allan has written for stage, screen and television. He wrote, directed and has won awards for The Pool of Bethesda, Prime Suspect 1 & 2, and The Hanging Gale. Television adaptations include Anna Karenina and the Hound of the Baskervilles. He is also a songwriter and musician and composed music for his own screenplay, Painted Lady, starring Helen Mirren. He is currently adapting Eugene McCabe’s novel Death & Nightingales for the screen and has been commissioned to write an
original stage play for the National Theatre.
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