Winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Prize at Sundance this yr, the trailer arrives for Scrapper, the function debut from British writer-director Charlotte Regan. The movie will hit U.S. theaters—together with New York Metropolis’s IFC Heart—via Kino Lorber on August 25.
An official synopsis reads:
This vibrant and creative father-daughter comedy follows Georgie (Lola Campbell), a resourceful 12-year-old woman who secretly lives alone in her flat in a working class suburb of London following the loss of life of her mom. She makes cash stealing bikes along with her greatest pal Ali (Alin Uzun) and retains the social staff off her again by pretending to reside with an uncle. Out of nowhere, her estranged father Jason (Harris Dickinson; Triangle of Unhappiness, Seashore Rats) arrives and forces her to confront actuality. Uninterested on this sudden new parental determine, Georgie is stubbornly proof against his efforts. As they alter to their new circumstances, Georgie and Jason discover that they each nonetheless have lots of rising as much as do. Winner of a Grand Jury Prize on the Sundance Movie Competition, Scrapper is filled with spirit, humor, and formal inventiveness that units it aside from a lot of British working-class cinema. Dickinson and memorable newcomer Campbell imbue irresistible attraction into this transferring and steadily hilarious story of two emotionally tangled folks: a grieving child thrust into maturity and a father in over his head.
Forward of Scrapper’s theatrical launch latter this summer time, learn Regan and DP Molly Manning Walker‘s responses to our annual Sundance Question for function administrators and Cinematographer Questionnaire out of the 2023 competition.
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