Falling and Laughing: The Restoration of Edwyn Collins

When musician Edwyn Collins, at the age of 45, suffers two devastating brain haemorrhages his doctors tell his partner Grace Maxwell that if he survives, there will be little left of him. When he regains consciousness he can barely move or talk. He has aphasia - an inability to use or understand language - leaving him unable to communicate with his anxious family. Yet Grace and their son Will refuse to give up hope that the Edwyn they know is coming back. Through gruelling therapy Edwyn fights to reinhabit his body and reclaim almost everything he knew.