The State of Us: Samuel Bottomley Breaks Callum Scott Howells Out of Hospice for One Final Hurrah in Edinburgh Bound Indie (Exclusive Clip) The Edinburgh International Film Festival is set to premiere Ollie Gardner and Jake Harvey's debut feature, The State of Us , a film that explores the complexities of male friendship in the face of mortality.
The movie follows Frankie (Samuel Bottomley), a charismatic but troubled young man who breaks his terminally ill best friend Taylor (Callum Scott Howells) out of hospice care for one final night of revelry.
Gardner and Harvey are keenly aware of their subject matter's nuances, particularly the stigma surrounding male vulnerability.