

Acting
Eloise Laurence's debut as Skunk is devastatingly natural.
Direction
Norris crafts unbearable tension from ordinary moments.
Writing
Mark O'Rowe's script adapts Daniel Clay's novel with cruel precision.

Director
Rufus Norris
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Rufus Norris's directorial debut; he later became artistic director of London's National Theatre.
The film adapts Daniel Clay's 2008 novel, itself a modern reimagining of To Kill a Mockingbird through a bleaker British lens.