Ten years on from its release, Andrea Arnold's first US film is deeply moving, challenging and reveals her wonderful eye for the flotsam and jetsam of American society.
Star (Sasha Lane), an adolescent girl from a troubled home, runs away with a traveling sales crew who drive across the American Midwest selling subscriptions door to door. Finding her feet in this gang of youngsters, one of whom is Jake (Shia LaBeouf), she soon gets into the group's hard-partying lifestyle. For what could be considered a 21st century version of Jack Kerouac's 'On the Road', Arnold filmed hundreds of hours driving across the US with her mostly non-professional cast before distilling this epic result. Kerouac's heroes were men; Arnold's is an 18-year-old girl! It's bold, captivating cinema, with a soundtrack that threatens to never leave your head.
USA 2016 Andrea Arnold 162m
