Heartlands

Heartlands is the second feature film made by Damien O'Donnell afer East is East. Set in the North of England nice-guy Colin is a dart's player and a newsagent. His life is monumentally boring. His wife, Sandy, seeking excitement starts an affair with the captain of the darts team who dismissed Colin from the team and runs away with her to Blackpool. Colin decides to follow on his 50cc Honda moped. Colin's 'adventures' on the road change him. He meets a biker who drags him out of the 1970s with a haircut and a new jumper, a randy publican with a fat barmaid and a moaning kid, a tree-hugger, and a girl guide leader with a troop of brownies. When he finally confronts the eloping couple she has tired of the oafush team captain and wants to come home, but Colin gives her the keys to the house and the shop and is off to see how the world works. This is a gentle film with gentle laughs and a warm feeling. Not hard to watch on a boring, wet afternoon.