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National Sport

2026 · 120 min

A quiet, melancholic character study that drifts with its protagonist, finding gentle humour and ache in the spaces between waiting and letting go.

Overview: As his girlfriend prepares to leave for Australia, a professional queuer who drifts through life without urgency finds it easier to share his fears with strangers in line than confront the end of his relationship, spending his final days suspended between waiting, regret, and the comfort of the present moment.

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
love
grief
identity
loneliness
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	5
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: William North
Written by: William North
Starring: Jude Leese, Laoise Crossan, James Charalambides, Eadin Melham, Taylor Schackmann, Sian Kayleigh, Anne Schmitz, Lanko Rashid
Runtime: 120 min
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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