Daniel Larkai

A head chef balances multiple personal and professional crises at a popular restaurant in London.

After 10 years, Eddie Franks is out of prison and trying to stay on the straight and narrow, but his drug-mule brother, Sean has other ideas. Rival gangster brothers demand Sean repay his debt to them, causing Eddie to get tangled in the crossfire, and he ends up using his life savings to calling in favours with mobster friends to try and help.

An Action Comedy short film, directed by Jean-Paul Ly (JPL) for Bad Guys Films

During the busy run-up to Christmas, a single-take snapshot of the immense stress and skills of a talented head chef reveals that things are about to burst behind the restaurant's flash façade.

Against a backdrop of toxic masculinity and homophobia, two young men secretly express their feelings for each other through ballroom dance.