Wondrous Oblivion

Narrative Feature • 2003 • 106’ • UK

Eleven-year-old David Wiseman is mad about cricket but no good at it. He has all of the kit but none of the skill, and he’s a laughing stock at school. So when a Jamaican family move in next door and build a cricket net in the back garden, David is in seventh heaven.

But this is 1960s England, and when the neighbours start to make life difficult for the new arrivals, David’s Jewish family is caught in the middle, and he has to choose between fitting in and standing up for the new friends who have turned his world upside down.

Writer / Director:
Paul Morrison

Producer:
Jonny Persey

Executive Producers:
Michael Kuhn, Kevin Loader

Associate Producer:
Stewart le Maréchal

Cast:
Delroy Lindo, Sam Smith, Emily Woof, Stanley Townsend

Partners:
Qwerty, APT Films, N1