The Fell

A young boy lives an idyllic life in a fading and peeling Lido where his father is a lifeguard. He idolises his father – never more so than when he saves the life of a suicidal man. The boy comes to believe that heroism is all.
 

Later that summer, the arrest of his sister brings the halcyon days to an abrupt end and his family is torn apart. With Lilly sent to jail, the boy is sent to a boarding house for dysfunctional youths far away from home – The Fell. The boys band together against their enemies, both real and imagined, they become family.
 

The boy sees the world and his place in it through a unique lens. He meets ghosts, hears voices and battles his fears. What he never does, however, is question his own reality. 
 

When the boys’ fear and hatred of authority comes to a head, everything is thrown into disarray and his actions lead him to run from The Fell. And run, and run…