Fifteen-year-old Mia is in a constant state of war with her family and the world around her. When she meets her party-girl mother’s charming new boyfriend Connor, she is amazed to find he returns her attention, and believes he might help her start to make sense of her life.
Acting
Katie Jarvis: discovered arguing at train station, absolutely feral.
Direction
Arnold's 4:3 framing traps you in Mia's suffocating world.
Cinematography
Handheld intimacy that refuses to look away from ugliness.
Director
Andrea Arnold
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Katie Jarvis had zero acting experience; Arnold spotted her screaming at her boyfriend on a train platform. Method casting doesn't get more literal.
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