Malc's Boy charts a son's struggle and friendship with his father, Malc, who leaves him with a legacy of toxic masculinity and violence. Shaun grows up in Wigton, a small market town on the fringes of the Lake District as the son of a prominent pub landlord known for his acts of brutality. More concerned with establishing himself as an artist than asserting himself physically in the town's hierarchical pub scene, Shaun rebels against his father's expectations. But when Malc is attacked by a local criminal, Shaun is forced to confront his father head on and escape the life he's been expected to lead.