Farming
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje2018107 min
Based on his own incredible autobiographical story, writer-director Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje's FARMING follows a young Nigerian boy as he is drawn into the warped world of a racist skinhead gang in 1980s England. Enitan (Amissah/Idris) is a young boy "farmed out" by his parents to a white British family in the hope of giving him a better future. Caught between two worlds and belonging to neither, Enitan's need for love and acceptance is exploited by the adults in his life, transforming a sweet boy into a teenage menace. Driven by themes of identity, power, love and betrayal, FARMING is rich with compelling characters: complex and dubious foster mother Ingrid (Beckinsale), Levi (Dagleish) the charismatic gang leader whom Enitan must overcome, and at its heart our flawed hero, Enitan, a lost soul desperately searching for a mother's love as he struggles to find himself in a brutal world. When all seems lost and Enitan spirals into self-destruction, a benevolent teacher (Mbatha-Raw) offers him one last chance at redemption. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje's debut feature was developed from his short of the same name which played in competition at the 2004 Encounters festival.
CastDamson Idris, Kate Beckinsale, John Dagleish, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jaime Winstone and Genevieve Nnaji
Written byAdewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Produced byJanice Williams, François Ivernel, Michael London and Andrew Levitas
CinematographyKit Fraser
EditingTariq Anwar
MusicIlan Eshkeri
SoundLilly Blazewicz
Production designMiren Marañón
ProductionGroundswell Productions, Montebello Productions, Metalwork Pictures and EMG Management
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