Sticky

Backed and funded by Creative England, Film London and BFI.

TAGLINE

Lost in fantasy, Karen’s crush on the postman is about to get sticky. A suburban tale of lust, parcels and chewing gum.

SYNOPSIS

Growing up is never easy, especially when your Mum’s a nymphomaniac, you’re stuck on a housing estate in Sheffield and Margaret Thatcher is in power. So when 15 year old Karen spots a new Postman delivering to her street, his arrival provides welcome relief to the crushing mediocrity from which she so desperately hopes to escape.

Her crush on the postman is instant. But too terrified to act on her feelings, and with a rampant mother on the prowl, she formulates a plan for how to land her prize. He barely knows she exists, but right now that’s just a complication.

As her obsession grows, she begins sending herself packages for him to deliver – the symbolism of him bringing them to her is not lost on her hopelessly romantic mind. But no matter how hard she tries to be first to the door to intercept the mail, other factors thwart her. As her lust for Paul blossoms, Karen begins a bizarre ritual: collecting and saving his discarded chewing gum. The question is… just what is she doing with it?

Spurred on by his daily visits she slips into vivid fantasies featuring Paul – her sex-charged visions gaining power and realism with every piece of his saliva-soaked gum she takes. But with limited experience of sex (besides having to hear her mother bonking all and sundry through her bedroom wall) Karen’s fantasies are their own unique twist on reality. Inspired by pop videos, Dallas, and other imported 80s soaps, they’re a hyper-colour VHS world with Fat Larry’s ‘Zoom’ on loop: a window into the mind of a teenage girl in 1982.

Darkly comic, Sticky is a tale of sexual awakening set in early 80s Britain against a backdrop of obsession, awkwardness and teenage angst.

SHORT SYNOPSIS

When Karen develops a crush on the postman delivering to her road it becomes clear she has to come up with a plan to get his attention. Spurred on by his daily visits she slips into a vivid fantasy world, Sticky is a tale of sexual awakening set in early 80’s Britain against a backdrop of obsession, awkwardness and teenage angst.

MEDIUM SYNOPSIS

15 year old Karen develops a crush on the postman delivering to her road. Too terrified to act on her feelings she starts sending herself packages for him to deliver. But as her lust for Paul blossoms, she begins a bizarre ritual: collecting, and saving, his discarded chewing gum.
Spurred on by his daily visits she slips into vivid fantasies featuring Paul – her sex-charged visions gaining power and realism with every piece of his saliva soaked gum she takes.

Darkly comic, Sticky is a tale of sexual awakening set in early 80’s Britain against a backdrop of obsession, awkwardness and teenage angst.