Here and Now

Grace is an East Ham girl with the hair, the clothes and the attitude. Her parents are trying to save their marriage with a cheap family holiday in the country. Say is a local boy who, despite his name, barely talks and whose single mother is clearly depressed. After a chance encounter with Grace's parents, Say is cajoled into showing Grace around. Grace is disdainful; Say is sullen. Say shows Grace the important places of his isolated life. Say is both repelled and drawn to Grace's loud streetwise confidence. Grace is intrigued as to what goes on in Say's head. They set off on an unlikely adventure through castles, fields, across rivers and into caves. It is in the mountains that something happened to make Say stop talking and it is here that he finally opens up. When Grace hears his story, she herself is lost for words. (Zlín Film Festival)