Fish Tank Page #4

Synopsis: Mia, an aggressive fifteen-year-old girl, lives on an Essex estate with her tarty mother, Joanne, and precocious little sister Tyler. She has been thrown out of school and is awaiting admission to a referrals unit and spends her days aimlessly. She begins an uneasy friendship with Joanne's slick boyfriend, Connor, who encourages her one interest, dancing.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Andrea Arnold
Production: IFC
  20 wins & 28 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
81
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
NOT RATED
Year:
2009
123 min
$187,074
Website
6,491 Views


Keira, go on!

Sing a song for daddy.

That's great!

Smile for daddy.

- Come on!

- Smile for daddy.

- Keira, stay off the road, yeah?

- I will.

Keira! Keira!

Keira!

You mum said i've gotta take you

to the van to get some ice-cream.

Come on! Do you wanna come.

Let's see who can go faster, quick!

Come through here, come on.

Give me this.

- My scooter! - Well you can't

ride it through here can you?

We'll get it on the way back.

- Keira!

- Mummy!

She's playing a game,

come on, quick.

- Keira!

- Mum!

- Walk!

- I don't want to!

If you don't walk i'll

make you walk, now move.

Where are we going?

I wanna go home.

Come on!

Keira, walk!

Stop it, Keira! Walk!

You're starting to scare me now!

Move!

Stop it! Climb over this.

- Lift you f***ing leg over.

- Shut up!

Get over.

F***!

Keira!

Keira!

Keira!

Keira! Wait for me!

Stop!

Stop running off!

That was silly weren't it?!

You stupid little girl!

Anyone can do that!

Keira!

Stop running off from me! Now!

- Let me go!

- Stop it!

- Stop it!

- Let me go!

You're just as bad

as your f***ing father!

Stop it! Stop kicking me!

Stop it!

You alright? Yeah?

- I'm cold!

- Cold? Come on.

Off you go then.

That was beautiful darling, really

beautiful. We'll give you a call.

- And thanks for coming.

- Thank you.

- Lovely legs.

- Who's next?

Mia... have we got a Mia here?

Mia Williams?

Mia? Please.

- What track would you like?

- Number 17.

Can you just put your

hair down for us please?

That looks alot more

feminine, that's lovely.

- Any hot pants? Shorts?

- No.

Don't worry about that just... carry on.

What was that all about?

- Alright.

- Alright.

- That your car?

- Yeah.

It still needs a coupld of bits.

You left your cap.

Where's your horse?

She was sick.

We had to shoot her.

She was 16.

It was her time.

Alright.

I was thinking of trying

out the motor on a long run.

- Yeah?

- I know some people in Cardiff.

You know, in Wales.

Why d'you need so much stuff?

Just in case.

What about the referrals unit?

- You can have my place.

- I don't want it.

It's full of spastics

and idiots those places.

I'm going then.

It's one of your CDs.

Yeah.

It's alright.

Yeah it's nice.

He's good, you can keep it.

Go on then.

F*** off.

What you waiting for?

Where you going again?

I'm going to Wales.

I thought you'd changed

your mind or something.

- This is my sister, Tyler.

- Hello, Tyler.

- Are you a pikey?

- Shut up you!

Ow b*tch!

I hate you!

I hate you too.

Tennents!

See you later boy.

Later.

Alright?

Yeah.

Laters. Don't forget to text me.

Say hello to the Welsh for me!

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Andrea Arnold

Andrea Arnold, OBE (born 5 April 1961) is an English filmmaker and former actress. She won an Academy Award for her short film Wasp in 2005. She has since made the leap to feature films and television, including Red Road (2006), Fish Tank (2009), and American Honey (2016), all of which have won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Arnold has also directed four episodes of the Emmy Award-winning series Transparent, as well as all seven episodes of the second season of the Emmy Award-winning series Big Little Lies. more…

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