SITTING ACROSS THE table from their partner Paul, activist Jenny is struggling to verbalise an intense feeling that’s rising inside them. Eventually, unable to contain it any longer, they burst out with it: I love you. But today you come home talking about your day and asking me if I know my plans for the weekend. And I start to panic because I think, That is the fucking problem. Plans for the weekend is the fucking problem.’ Meanwhile, I’m longing to make some sort of plan.”
This dilemma trying to place the mundanity of weekend plans into a world newly understood as collapsing under the weight of existential climate change is the central focus of actor Alex Lawther’s writing and directing debut, For people in trouble.
The short film unravels the love story between Jenny, a climate activist, and Paul, a more apathetic bystander. Jenny, played by House of Dragon star Emma D’Arcy, is struggling to conceptualise how to continue living their day-to-day life in the face of the devastating reality of climate collapse. Paul, portrayed by See’s Archie Madekwe, whose family is directly impacted by extreme weather events, would rather dedicate time and energy to building a life with Jenny.
Climate change has long been in the news, but for Lawther known for his roles in Black Mirror and The End of the F***ing World the 2018 International Panel on Climate Change IPCC) report was a crucial turning point. It warned us that we had only 10 years to contain global warming below a catastrophic 1.5°C. Such a time stamp on the climate emergency hit Lawther hard.
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