Mayflies (2022)★ 7.6/10

GB · 58 min · December 28, 2022 · 1 seasons

Drama

Written by: Andrea Gibb, Andrew O'Hagan

A friendship forged between James and Tully in a small Scottish town in 1986. One weekend, they make a vow to each other to go at life differently. But then, 30 years on, half a life away, the phone rings. Tully has the worst kind of news.

Original title

Mayflies

Storyline

Everyone has a Tully Dawson: the friend who defines your life. In the summer of 1986, in a small Scottish town, Jimmy and Tully ignite a brilliant friendship based on music, films and the rebel spirit. With school over they rush towards the climax of their youth: a magical weekend in Manchester, the epicentre of everything that inspires them in working-class Britain. There, against the greatest soundtrack ever recorded, a vow is made: to go at life differently. Keeping that vow, Jimmy is now a successful writer, living in London. He might have escaped his small-town roots, but he hasn't cut all ties with his past. He's still deeply connected through his thirty-year friendship with Tully. Even the prospect of turning 50 can't dent their boyish optimism. They've worked this whole life thing out. Somehow. Till the night Tully phones Jimmy; Tully has the worst kind of news and a request that will test their friendship, love, and loyalty to the limit.

Rating

7.6 / 10 · 1,454

Companies

Synchronicity Films, BBC Scotland, BBC One, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Yleisradio (YLE)

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