Scrapper (2023)
Director: Charlotte Regan Run Time: 84 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2023
Starring: Alin Uzun, Ambreen Razia, Harris Dickinson, Laura Aikman, Lola Campbell
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
About the film:
Grand Jury Prize Winner, 2023 Sundance Film Festival
This vibrant and inventive father-daughter comedy follows Georgie, a resourceful 12-year-old girl who secretly lives alone in her flat in a working class suburb of London following the death of her mother. She makes money stealing bikes with her best friend Ali and keeps the social workers off her back by pretending to live with an uncle.
Out of nowhere, her estranged father Jason arrives and forces her to confront reality. Uninterested in this sudden new parental figure, Georgie is stubbornly resistant to his efforts. As they adjust to their new circumstances, Georgie and Jason find that they both still have a lot of growing up to do.
“Bold and youthful… packed full of ideas and fizzing energy.”
—Wendy Ide, Screen Daily
Winner of a Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, Scrapper is full of spirit, humor, and formal inventiveness that sets it apart from much of British working-class cinema. Dickinson and remarkable newcomer Campbell imbue irresistible charm into this moving and frequently hilarious story of two emotionally tangled people: a grieving kid thrust into adulthood and a father in over his head.
About the filmmaker:
Charlotte Regan is a filmmaker from London who grew up making low-budget music promos for local rappers, creating over 200 in total. Her first short film, Standby (2016), was nominated for a BAFTA. Her second short, Fry-Up (2017), screened at Sundance and Berlinale. She is a Sundance Ignite fellow and was named as a 2020 Screen International Star of Tomorrow. Scrapper (2023), her first feature film, won a Grand Jury Prize at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.
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