Ugly Duck

by Deborah McAndrew

You took a chance advertising like that. Life model. Middle aged male. No experience required. You could have got some right whatsit weirdos.

Burslem bloke and lifelong Port Vale fan Dennis Hancock is rapidly declining in middle age and sinking into the ranks of the long-term unemployed. In desperation, he answers an ad in the local paper for an artists model and discovers unexpected friends in troubled young artist Kat Drosdzowski and her overbearing parents. As Kat begins to paint him, Dennis finds himself exposed in more ways than one. A warm-hearted comedy about lifes struggles, surprising friendships, and the healing power of art.