Travis has just been released from prison and it quickly becomes apparent that much has changed while he’s been gone. While girlfriend Candice is on the up and auditioning to star in a Tina Turner musical, daughter Kenisha is struggling in school and her relationship with her mum is tense. So, when Travis buys Candice her dream dress for an audition, rather than smoothing over the family’s problems, it ends up creating even more. As secrets and desires left unsaid threaten to spill out, Travis is forced to re-examine who he is and how he wants to be perceived in the world.
Dionne Edwards
Georgia Goggin
Dionne Edwards
Adam Scarth
Hugo Brijs
Natey Jones
Travis
Alexandra Burke
Candice
Temilola Olatunbosun
Kenisha
Emeka Sesay
Nathan
Thomas Grant
Danny
Nicholas Bishop
Shaun
Eliot Sumner
Sam
Michael Junior Onafowokan
Emeka
Lee Byford
Prison Officer
Tsemaye Bob-Egbe
Vivian
Jo Wheatley
Offender Manager
Joshua Blisset
Steven
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CinemaSerf
I was really disappointed in this film. The trails suggested a cutting edge drama about a man challenging the norms of his community but what we actually get is an over-scripted, not very well acted, family melodrama. "Travis" (Natey Jones) returns home after a spell in prison to his wife "Candice" ...
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