FARMING (18)

WHO’S IN IT?

Damson Idris (City of Tiny Lights), Kate Beckinsale (Underworld), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Pompeii), Theo Barklem-Biggs (Kingsman: The Secret Service), John Dagleish (Christopher Robin), Jaime Winstone (Kidulthood), Cosmo Jarvis (Lady Macbeth), Ann Mitchell (The Deep Blue Sea), Lee Ross (Centurion), James Eeles (Darkest Hour), Tom Canton (film debut), Genevieve Nnaji (Half of a Yellow Sun), Zach Avery (The White Crow), Skye Lourie (The Facility), Scarlett Brookes (film debut), Ryan Enever (Possum)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (film debut), director, writer; François Ivernel (The White Crow), Andrew Levitas (At Any Price), Michael London (Sideways) and Janice Williams (Trumbo), producers; Ilan Eshkeri (Stardust), composer; Kit Fraser (Under The Shadow), cinematographer; Tariq Anwar (American Beauty), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Enitan (Idris) is “farmed” by his Nigerian parents to a white British family in the hopes that he can lead a fulfilling life. However, he ends up going down the wrong path when he is initiated into a local skinhead gang…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje directs and writes this harrowing semi-autobiographic drama inspired by the actor’s own upbringing, including his worrying affiliation with a group of skinheads.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 11TH OCTOBER 2019

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