A headteacher (Cillian Murphy) fights to save his school for boys with behavioural difficulties from closure as a young student battles his own violent tendencies.
Reuniting the director and lead of Small Things Like These and written by Max Porter (Grief Is the Thing with Feathers), this new drama stars Cillian Murphy as the eponymous Steve – headteacher of a school for boys with societal and behavioural difficulties. As Steve fights for his school’s survival, troubled student Shy navigates his own violent tendencies and fragility, torn between his past and future prospects.