John, a 35-year-old window cleaner, has dedicated his life to bringing up his 4-year-old son, Michael, after the child's mother left them soon after giving birth. When John is given only a few months left to live, he attempts to find a new, perfect family for Michael, determined to shield him from the terrible reality of the situation. Although initially certain of what he is looking for in the perfect family, John gradually abandons his early convictions, over- whelmed by doubts on the decision. How can he judge a family from a brief encounter? And does he know his own child well enough to make this choice for him? As John struggles to find the right answer to his impossible task, he comes to accept the help of a young social worker, opening himself to solutions he would never have considered. And he finally comes to accept his anger at the injustice of his destiny, the need to share the truth with his son, and to follow the child's instincts on the biggest decision of their lives.

Direction: Uberto Pasolini

Script: Uberto Pasolini

Production: Uberto Pasolini

Co-Production: Roberto Sessa, Cristian Nicolescu

Cinematography: Marius Panduru RSC

Editing: Masahiro Hirakubo, Saska Simpson

Production Design: Patrick Creighton

Costume Design: Maggie Donnelly

Make-Up: Polly McKay

Sound: Marius Leftarache

Original Score: Andrew Simon McAllister

Cast: James Norton, Daniel Lamont, Eileen O'Higgins

Original Title: NOWHERE SPECIAL

Original Language: English

Film Production Countries: Italy, Romania, United Kingdom

Website: https://www.betacinema.com/138/pid/266/Nowhere-Special.htm

Statement of the Director/s
A newspaper headline: “Single father spends last few month of his life looking for a new family for his four year old son”: What could be the basis for a sentimental melodrama became instead the inspiration for a low key personal journey into universal themes: what it is to be a parent, what is a good family, how well do you know your children. And for a love story, made of small everyday moments, between a father and his young boy.

Biography of the Director/s
Uberto Pasolini directed, wrote and produced Machan (2008), winner of numerous international awards and in 2013 Still Life starring Eddie Marsan and Joanne Froggatt; selected as one of the best European films at the EFA in 2014, it has won many awards, including the prize for Best Director, Orizzonti in Venice 2013.

Uberto’s latest film Nowhere Special which he also wrote and produced, starring James Norton, premiered in Orizzonti at the 2020 Venice Film Festival. The film has been sold throughout the world.

As a producer he founded Red Wave Films in 1993. The company produced The Full Monty, which took over 250 million dollars at the box office worldwide, won a Bafta for Best Film and was nominated for four Oscars, along with numerous other awards.

Filmography of the Director/s
2020 NOWHERE SPECIAL (producer, writer, director)
2013 STILL LIFE (producer, writer, director)
2012 BEL AMI (producer)
2008 MACHAN (producer, writer, director)
2001 THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES (producer)
2000 AS GOOD AS IT GETS (producer)
1997 THE FULL MONTY (producer)
1995 PALOOKAVILLE (producer)

Awards Won
Warsaw IFF 2020: Audience Award
SEMINCI Valladolid IFF 2020: Audience Award
Pula Film Festival 2021: Golden Arena Best International Film, Audience Award

Production Company:
Red Wave Films
Uberto Pasolini
36 Chepstow Place
London, W2 4TA, United Kingdom
E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: +447958366310

Picomedia Srl
Roberto Sessa
Piazza Martiri di Belfiore 4
Roma, 00195 , Italy
E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: +39 06 32 34 500
Website: https://picomedia.it/

Digital Cube
Cristian Nicolescu
MetroCity Building - Strada Căpitan Ion Gârbea nr. 26, Bloc LAMA, sc. B, et.9, ap.91, sect. 5,
Bucureşti, 050683, Romania
E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: +40 756 339 335
Website: http://digitalcube.ro/

World Sales:
Beta Cinema
Thorsten Ritter
Gruenwalder Weg 28 d
Munich, D - 82041 Oberhaching , Germany
E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: +49 89 673469 817
Website: http://www.betacinema.com/

Press:
Beta Cinema
Xheva Rrezja
Gruenwalder Weg 28 d
Munich, D - 82041 Oberhaching , Germany
E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: +49 89 673469 817
Website: http://www.betacinema.com/