HE’S GETTING THE BAND BACK TOGETHER.

The former members of a once somewhat popular folk duo (who were also lovers) are reunited on an isolated island for a concert, arranged by their number-one fan, eccentric millionaire Charles Heath (Tim Key).

A lovely feature-length version of a short that Key and Tom Basden made in 2007 whose wistful and romantic story is brought to life thanks to several excellent ingredients, including irresistible views of the Welsh landscape where the film was made, a quirky charm courtesy of Key’s brilliantly British performance as the strange, almost child-like Heath, and solid leading efforts by Basden and Carey Mulligan.

2025-U.K. 100 min. Color. Widescreen. Directed by James Griffiths. Screenplay: Tom Basden, Tim Key. Cinematography: G. Magni Ágústsson. Songs: Tom Basden. Cast: Tim Key (Charles Heath), Tom Basden (Herb McGwyer), Carey Mulligan (Nell Mortimer), Akemnji Ndifornyen, Sian Clifford. 

Trivia: Co-executive produced by Mulligan. 

Last word: “Tim is such an idealist that he always believed we’d make it. I’m a bit more defeatist. (Laughs.) Then we sent it to Carey and not only do you suddenly have something quite real to hold onto — a genuine, Oscar-nominated film star attached to your film — but it gives renewed momentum and confidence for us that people, someone like Carey, really likes the script. But it just feels quite arbitrary, the funding system in the U.K… It’s a fundamentally British film and it’s done best in the U.K., but it took American money to actually get the thing made.” (Basden, The Hollywood Reporter)