18 February 2010 at the John Clare Theatre

         
   

Fish Tank

 

 
 

 

Director

  Andrea Arnold  
 

Stars

 

Harry Treadaway, Jason Maza, Katie Jarvis, Kierston Wareing, Michael

Fassbender

 

 

 

 

 

Rating

  15
 

Year

  2009  
  Country   UK  
 

Length

  124 min  

Mia, played by newcomer Katie Jarvis, is a lary 15-year-old who lives with single mum Joanne, played by Kierston Wareing, her lippy younger sister Tyler — a scene-stealer from Rebecca Griffiths — and their drolly named dog, Tennents. As well as a sincere devotion to cheap supermarket booze, the girls have learned from their mother

mannerisms of pre-emptive scorn and rage to cover up perennially hurt feelings. Mia herself is a wannabe dancer, and when she's trying out some moves in the kitchen one morning, her mother's new boyfriend ambles in half-naked, looking to put the kettle on. One of three British movies entered in competition at Cannes this year.

 

 

 

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