A famous writer vanishes into silence—his son digs up the glamorous, messy truth.
In the 1920s, Michael Arlen was one of the most popular and acclaimed writers in the world, but he mysteriously stopped writing altogether. His son tries to work out why this was.
Acting
Ned Sherrin absolutely nails Noël Coward's acid-tongued charm.
Direction
Cooke captures 1920s literary London with lived-in authenticity.
Writing
Arlen's own son wrestling with his father's silence—meta and moving.
Director
Alan Cooke
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