A scrap yard, a rusted van, and a girl building escape routes from heartbreak.
A young girl finds freedom from her uncertain home life in a local scrap yard. This is where her treasured, dilapidated van is hidden – a secret den which will transport Hero to faraway places and bring her closer to her absent brother.
Direction
Tyro Heath finds entire worlds in rusted metal and child's-eye framing.
Cinematography
Scrap yard as wonderland: industrial decay shot with intimate warmth.
Director
Tyro Heath
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in a genuine working scrap yard in South London; Mark Wingett's Tony was largely improvised with local workers.
The van's interior was dressed with actual possessions from crew members' childhoods — that butterfly blanket was real.
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