Northern Soul is filmed in the style of a mock documentary and tells the story of Mark Sherbet, a lonely young man who is obsessed with American wrestling. His dream is to become a professional wrestler and compete against his heroes on the British wrestling circuit. There’s only one problem, he weighs nine stone and has the pain threshold of a two year old child.
Direction
Meadows' mock-doc style feels dangerously real.
Acting
Toby Kebbell's tragicomic desperation is physically painful.
Director
Shane Meadows
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 30-minute short predates Meadows' breakout This Is England by two years and shares its kitchen-sink DNA.
The 'British wrestling circuit' here is the grimy end of 1970s-80s UK heritage—Big Daddy era, not WWE glitz.
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