Did you like Aftersun? Here is a new gem from Great Britain, centered on the atypical union between a father and his daughter. 3 good reasons to be seduced by Scrapper, at the cinema this Wednesday!
What is it about ?
Suburbs of London. Georgia, 12 years old, has lived alone since the death of her mother. She manages on a daily basis to keep social workers away, says she lives with an uncle, earns money by trafficking bikes with her friend Ali. This balance works until the arrival of Jason, a young man she does not know and introduces himself as her father.
Here is a new nugget from Great Britain! After Aftersun, Blue Jean and How To Have Sex, Charlotte Regan in turn embodies the revival of British cinema with Scrapper. 3 good reasons to discover the film in the cinema this Wednesday.
3 GOOD REASONS TO BE CHARMED!
1 / For his way of recounting childhood with melancholy
If you were touched by the melancholy and modesty that emanated from Aftersun, a gem directed by Charlotte Wells, released at the beginning of last year, we bet you might like Scrapper. The bridges between the films are obvious. This atypical bond which unites a father and his daughter between melancholy and more “pop” moments.
“We compare Scrapper a lot to Aftersun, I understand and I’m flattered, it’s a complimentconfides director Charlotte Regan in the press kit. Aftersun is a magnificent film. I had met Charlotte [Wells] at the Sundance festival where I saw his short films. I really like his work. She’s one of many British filmmakers and incredible women of the last couple of years that I love, like Raine Allen-Miller, Georgia Oakley and Molly [Manning Walker] who made the image of Scrapper.“
2 / The image of the film
As noted above, Charlotte Regan tapped Molly Manning Walker as her film’s cinematographer. If this name is not unfamiliar to you, it is because you may have seen or heard about How To Have Sex, another first British feature film, released last fall, after winning an award at Cannes.
The image of the film is one of the film’s strengths. With its colorful tones and format changes, Scrapper has a real graphic identity. How does the director explain these aesthetic choices?
“We always wanted to tell the story the way a child might tell it to us. That is to say that if we asked a child to tell us about his summer, the scenario had to be faithful to the way he tells it. I wanted the film to completely embrace this vision, I wanted to be as close as possible to Georgie’s point of view. In my opinion, nothing is entirely real in the film. It’s all in Georgie’s imagination. It is difficult to know what happened or not because children tend to exaggerate things, to turn little things into big stories..”
3 / A fresh cast, with a Palme d’Or and a debutante
In the film’s credits, you may recognize that of Harris Dickinson, noticed in the 2022 Palme d’Or, Without Filter. More recently, we could see the actor in the Disney+ series Murder at the End of the World. At his side, the very young and beginner Lola Campbell, who plays a large part in the success of this film for her freshness and maturity in this nuanced role.
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