Overview

• The film is now streaming globally on Netflix following a brief theatrical run and a Toronto premiere.
• Porter adapted his 2023 book by shifting the story from the teen Shy to the overworked headteacher, creating a part designed to challenge Murphy.
• Director Tim Mielants reunites with Murphy for a work that trades the quiet restraint of Small Things Like These for a more frantic, experimental style.
• Murphy describes the core theme as a universal personal struggle, saying “99 per cent of us are trying and failing.”
• Jay Lycurgo relied heavily on the novella to shape Shy, while Simbi Ajikawo and Tracy Ullman credit Murphy’s commitment and success with getting the film made.