Urchin

The stunning directorial debut from Harris Dickinson, powered by an outstanding, award-winning performance from Frank Dillane.

Mike (Dillane), a rough sleeper on the streets of London, is trapped in a cycle of self-destruction as he attempts to turn his life around. Moving between short-term jobs and small-time hustles, he must balance the hopeful rush of a fresh start with a past that is holding him back. By turns exhilarating and poetic, Urchin is a bold, vibrant and utterly unmissable portrait of life on the margins.

“While you ponder the tragedy of what you just witnessed, you are left stunned by how talented Dickinson and Dillane are. It’s the kind of work that makes you excited to see what they do next.” ~Esther Zuckerman, The Daily Beast

“It is engaging and sympathetically acted and layered with genuinely funny moments, mysterious and hallucinatory setpiece sequences, and his challengingly incorrect thoughts about the haves who fear the contagious risk of coming into contact with the have-nots.” ~Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

“This gritty social realist character study is spiked with striking and unexpected detours.” ~Wendy Ide, Screen Daily