The film is about Andy Woodward, a former professional footballer who in 2016 revealed that he was a victim of child sexual abuse by the predatory coach Barry Bennell.
Bennell is due to return to Britain after serving a sentence for crimes in the United States, and the police see Woodward as a key witness for their investigation.
He reaches out to a childhood teammate on Facebook to talk about the historical abuse, but when he is added by Bennell under his post-prison alias Richard Jones, he attempts suicide.
He worked with the screenwriter Matt Greenhalgh to make a film focusing on the emotional journey of victims of child sexual abuse.
Greenhalgh said that viewers would know what was happening, and said that he had switched off the BBC series Three Girls about the Rochdale child sex abuse ring because of graphic content.
[4] The same rating was given by Sean O'Grady for The Independent, who noted that Armstrong's portrayal of Bennell was enough to menace the audience without abuse being shown on screen.