Nowhere Special

John is a window cleaner in his mid-thirties living in Northern Ireland, where he raises his young son Michael on his own; the boy's mother left shortly after he was born. Father and son share a quiet, close daily life built on small routines. That life is upended when John learns he has only months to live. With no family to take the boy in, he sets out to find a new household that could raise Michael, visiting a series of prospective families while trying to keep the truth of his illness from his son.

The film was directed by Uberto Pasolini, who also wrote the screenplay and produced it alongside Roberto Sessa and Chris Martin. It followed his 2013 feature Still Life and came before The Return in 2024, the third film he directed. James Norton plays John, with Daniel Lamont as Michael. Eileen O'Higgins, Valerie O'Connor, Stella McCusker and Carol Moore appear in supporting roles, and the credited cast runs to thirty people. It is a co-production involving the United Kingdom, Italy, Romania and Northern Ireland.

Nowhere Special was released in September 2020 and runs 96 minutes. On IMDb it holds a 7.4 rating from around 9,200 votes, while on TMDB it stands at 7.3 from roughly 245 votes, indicating a solid and fairly consistent response from viewers. A critics' rating of 7.9 from 63 reviews places it slightly above those audience scores.