Wednesday September 21st 2016
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UK  2013  92 minutes
Director: Uberto Pasolini
Starring: Eddie Marsen, Joanne Froggatt, Karen Drury

John May is a worker in the (fictional) Kennington Council. A shy and obsessively meticulous man, he has the unusual job of tracking down the relatives of those in the borough who die alone and without obvious friends. He is obsessed with ‘doing the right thing’ by the deceased, even to the extent of organising and- occasionally- attending their funerals. After 22 years in the job he is made redundant in the interests of ‘efficiency’: however, his last case takes an unexpected turn. A gentle, very British, film with which to start our new season.