Vicki Pepperdine

After their grandmother’s death, two half-brothers set off on a heartwarming and funny journey to Blackpool to find the father they’ve never known.

Based on the short story by Nikolai Gogol, this blackly comic fairytale is about a lonely social outcast who, in an effort to raise his status at work, spends all his money on a new overcoat, which seemingly gives him the approval he craves. But when it's stolen from him, he cannot return to his previous life of anonymity, leading to a downward spiral from which there is no return.

When Freddy, a troubled young woman, is nearly assaulted outside a nightclub, the toilet attendant steps in to help. Baba, a former child soldier, acts with swift, unstoppable brutality. She's entranced. The pair form an instant intoxicating connection. Something dark within both of them quickly emerges.

A young Englishman plots revenge against his mysterious, beautiful cousin.