Fish Tank was a British film released 11th September 2009, it was written and directed by Andrea Arnold. This film was produced by Kees Kassander and Fish Tank had the backing of BBC Films and UK Film Council as its production companies. It received a budget of £103,180 and had a Gross of $373, 060 in the US alone by May 2010. It won the Cannes Jury prize, Bafta award for best British film, British independent film for best director and most promising newcomer.
Fish Tank comes under the Drama genre and by the nature of the film it is completely understandable. Fish Tank has a variety of themes, one being violence, another being sex, a third is coming of age and others such as deception and dedication.
It is simply about a troubled, aggressive young girl called Mia whom is our protagonist(played by Katie Jarvis) who is living in the suburbs of Essex, she had been kicked out of school and was spending her days aimlessly as she awaited an admission response from a referrals unit, but her life was to change when her Mum, Joanne (played by Kierston wareing whom is well known for her soap career in Eastenders) brings home a new boyfriend called Conor (played by Michael Fassbender who's been in the likes of the prequels to Xmen, and Inglorious Basterds) Mia becomes attached to Conor as they develop a bond as he encourages her to pursue dance which is her one true interest. As their bond becomes stronger it exceeds the expectations of a mothers boyfriend and her daughter but something more emotional and sexual. This leads to some drastic, reckless and quite frankly ridiculous decision making played by both characters, which leads us to find that Conor has been hiding something all this time while everyone was oblivious to whom he really is.
Here below is a link to the trailer of Fish Tank:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg1yMOdjyp0
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