Fish Tank (2009)

124 min · Coming Of Age, coming-of-age film, drama film

Popularity4.5/5

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Directors

Andrea Arnold

Cast

Katie Jarvis, Michael Fassbender, Kierston Wareing, Harry Treadaway, Jason Maza, Charlotte Collins, Rebecca Griffiths

The story

Mia Williams, a volatile and socially isolated 15-year-old, lives on an East London council estate with her single mother, Joanne, and younger sister, Tyler. Mia has just fallen out with her best friend, Keely. She doesn't get along with her precocious sister, nor with her verbally abusive mother.

Catalogue themes and tags

2000s, Adolescence, Aggression, Coming Of Age, Comprehension, Conversations, Dance, Debutantin, England, Familienstreit, Flucht, Gewalt, Mutter-Tochter-Beziehung, One Night Stand, Pferde, Precariate, River Thames, Sex with Underaged, Sexual Awakening, Socially Deprived Family, Soziale Probleme, Suspension, Verhältnis, Vororte, Zwietracht, Drama, Coming of age, Indie

Genres

Coming Of Age, coming-of-age film, drama film

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