Kevin McKidd Stars in Short Film ‘One Night Emergency’

This year’s Inverness Film Festival kicks off on November 11th, so if you’re in the UK and love Kevin McKidd, you may want to make a special point of clearing your schedule on November 13. Our beloved Scottish actor is starring in a short film entitled One Night Emergency, which “charts one man’s journey through the wards of an overrun, inner-city hospital” in search of his wife.

Directed by playwright Gregory Burke, this film borrows from the classic Homer’s Odyssey and should prove to be a worthwhile 59 minutes. Plus: Kevin McKidd. Other actors: Michelle Ryan (who plays McKidd’s wife), Igal Naor, James Cosmo, Ewen Bremner, David Hayman, Gary Lewis, Jamie Sives, Sanjeev Kohli.

For those of you that can make it, the film will be showing on November 13 at 8:30pm at the Playhouse Cinema, Eden Court.

You can find out more about the film and the Inverness Film Festival at its official site.

Official film summary:

Peter (McKidd) and Penny (Ryan) are an ordinary middle class couple: childless, career-minded and cosseted. But when Penny is admitted to A&E with what appears to be a minor complaint, their world is turned upside down.

Peter arrives at the hospital late. It’s a busy night, and the emergency department is full of the ill and injured. Frustrated by the lack of help he receives, Peter decides to take matters into his own hands. He begins to wander the corridors in search of his wife.

As he ventures deep inside the building, a series of strange encounters divert him from the task at hand. He is slowly drawn into a parallel world of officious security guards, social outcasts and drug-addicted hospital staff. Will he escape in time to see the woman he loves and atone for past mistakes?

Anyone planning on going?

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