The book has a Fantasy element: The protagonist repeatedly has prophetic dreams in which he is projected months or years forward into his future, finding himself in a radically different life situation and having to piece out how his life has changed (or is going to change) - without letting the people around his future self notice his ignorance.

He is back to his normal time and presumes that he was sent in the future by the mystical powers of his Tony Hawk poster.

In fear of the obvious news that Alicia will give him, he runs away to Hastings and throws his mobile phone in the sea.

While in a seedy bed and breakfast, Sam meets a rude old man, Mr Brady, that hires him as a helper with various day-to-day activities (helping him up and down the stairs, and retrieving his remote control).

In the middle of the night, Mr Brady barges into his room demanding he helps him find the remote that has fallen behind his bed.

When told of the pregnancy, Annie breaks down and cries, furious that Sam would ruin his life.

That night, Sam has another prophetic dream in which he takes Roof (the name, he finds, being a contraction of Rufus) to a doctor's appointment.

He confronts Alicia when he believes that she conveniently made it look like it was his child - which she angrily disproves, but the scene adds to spoiling their relationship.

He moves back into his mother's apartment, resulting in him researching the internet for facts about teenage pregnancies.

Soon afterwards, Sam's mother gives birth to a daughter, Emily - who is strictly Roof's aunt, though being a month younger than him.

However, Sam does not bother about this paradox, taking for granted that Roof is the name of his son and growing to love him and accept his role as a father.

A message inside the specially printed books' front covers encouraged residents to "take me, read me, discuss me and then pass me on and then wait till it comes."

The film is directed by Andrea Molaioli and stars Jasmine Trinca, Ludovico Tersigni, Barbara Ramella, and Luca Marinelli.

[4] Netflix acquired the global rights to the film and released it on 15 April 2017 on its platform worldwide except in Italy.