Rick on the Roof

Directed by Isaac Atkin-Mayne · 2026

After being evicted from his home in Barry, Wales, Rick Canty climbed onto the roof and refused to come down for years, becoming a local legend his town still remembers.

An irresistibly odd true story of one man's years-long rooftop protest and the Welsh town that took him to heart.

When Rick Canty was evicted from his home in Barry, Wales, he got up on the roof and stayed there for years in protest, turning him into an unlikely hero his town's never forgotten.

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