Toast

After a young man agrees to help a reclusive elderly neighbour with their weekly grocery shopping through lockdown, they form an unlikely friendship that changes them both.

Cast

Roger Sloman

as Elderly Neighbour

Harry Walters

as Young Man

Denise Wilton

Reviews

CinemaSerf

I thought after a few seconds of this short film that it was going to be a prime example of no good deed goes unpunished. Harry Walters has agreed to help out the curmudgeonly Roger Sloman with his groceries so he doesn’t have to go out during lockdown. All he ever gets is a moan - if he gets any re...

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