# For Want of a Nail

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Published: 2018-04-06 17:06:10 UTC
Updated: 2024-03-10 12:01:43 UTC
Author: TMFF Editorial Team

Director: Lucy Joan Barnes
Country: United Kingdom
Duration: 18 minutes
Audience rating: 4.7/5 from 41 ratings

 

### Inspired by writer Nick’s own struggles with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Intrusive Thoughts, but reconfigured and extrapolated to a more severe 'worst case scenario' “For Want of a Nail​​” follows Marty, who attempts to live out a 'perfect day'. As the story unfolds it becomes apparent that his range of intricate routines have been compounded by a succession of deaths in the family. Now, with only his twin sister left, Marty has found himself seeking to finally, once and for all, dispel the urges and paranoia that drive the compulsions which are seriously affecting his life – and, in his mind, stop his sister from dying.