THE FATHERS

In a busy maternity ward first time father Dan meets Jada a dad welcoming his fifth no sixth child into the world Dan and Jada come from very different places both called Glasgow Dan is a successful TV writer with a townhouse in the West End and a shiny Tesla ready to drive his wife and baby home Jada is a hustling small time criminal who is already planning how to separate Dan from some of the luxuries Jada has never been able to enjoy in his tiny flat in a Brutalist sixties council block Both men find that the birth of their sons has fired their ambitions Dan plans to walk away from his saccharine TV success and finally knuckle down to writing that novel he always felt he had in him While for Jada it s the opportunity for one last get rich quick scheme ripping off a local airport When a tragedy occurs their worlds are brought closer than either could ever have imagined close enough that it could mean destruction for both of them