A hyperactive boy and his best friend, a slow-witted youth with an affinity for horses, start collecting scrap metal for a shady dealer.
Acting
Non-professional kids who somehow out-act most adults.
Direction
Barnard captures Bradford with unflinching documentary precision.
Cinematography
Bleak beauty in every grey, industrial frame.
Director
Clio Barnard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Barnard based this on Oscar Wilde's fairy tale but relocated it to post-industrial Bradford, where Thatcher's legacy still haunts working-class communities.
Conner Chapman and Shaun Thomas had never acted before; Barnard found them at a local school and built the script around their actual personalities and friendship.
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