OUR BAD MAGNET

In the small Scottish coastal town of Girvan, four boys—Fraser, Gordon, Paul, and Alan—grow up together, sharing childhood adventures, secrets, and dreams. Their story unfolds across three different periods of their lives: at ages nine, nineteen, and twenty-nine. As teenagers, the four friends form a band, dreaming of becoming famous. However, tensions arise when Fraser decides that Gordon, whose melancholy nature and musical tastes set him apart, should leave the group. Soon after, a fire breaks out at an abandoned schoolhouse, Gordon's secret hideaway, and he mysteriously disappears, presumed dead. Ten years later, Fraser, Paul, and Alan reunite as adults. Their memories of Gordon remain deeply intertwined with their own lives, particularly through a suitcase filled with the fairy tales he wrote as a child. As they revisit their shared past and confront their conflicting memories, they must decide what to do with the stories Gordon left behind—and come to terms with the friendship, guilt, and loss that continue to haunt them.