SYNOPSIS

An off-beat comedy about falling in love, set in Brighton, featuring songs and live performances by local bands Transformer and Bob Wants His Head Back, an ill-starred search for the village of Wivelsfield, the personal politics of perestroika in the wider context of David Hasselhoff, apricot flapjacks, unpredictable weather, gathering evidence of a seagull conspiracy, and a small cast of everyday eccentrics that usually don’t make it into films: Bulgarians, adults with learning disabilities, very tall women and elective mutes.

In a city of this many vulnerable adults, Frank and Ilse might never have met...