Rent The Last Tree (2019)
3.5 of 5 from 212 ratings
1h 34min
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- Synopsis:
- Growing up with his foster mother amongst the rolling fields of rural Lincolnshire, Femi's young life seems as idyllic as the landscape. But when he returns to London to live with his birth mother he begins to struggle with the culture and values of his new environment. As the years pass, he must decide which path to adulthood he wants to take and what it means to be a young black man in London during the early '00s. His search for self and identity will take him on an emotionally charged and utterly unforgettable journey through various stages of his life.
- Actors:
- Nicholas Pinnock, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Layo-Christina Akinlude, Denise Black, Sam Adewunmi, Demmy Ladipo, Jayden Jean Paul-Denis, Rasaq Kukoyi, Shaqai White, Ruthxjiah Bellenea, Jack Chadwick, Ibrahim Jammal, Ameen Mustapha, John Alansu, Tai Golding, Yazzmin Newell, Yvan Zahui, Sofia Chilvers
- Directors:
- Shola Amoo
- Producers:
- Myf Hopkins, Lee Thomas
- Writers:
- Shola Amoo
- Studio:
- Picture House Entertainment
- Genres:
- Drama
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 27/01/2020
- Run Time:
- 98 minutes
- Languages:
- English Audio Description, English Dolby Digital 2.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.40:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Making of Featurette
- Theatrical Trailer
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Reviews (5) of The Last Tree
Coming of Age - The Last Tree review by CP Customer
Strange film about a young boy fostered out by his mother to a lady in rural Lincolnshire, where he is having a good life doing well at school and is then taken back by his mother to live with her in London. There he has to adjust to life in a high rise tower block, especially as his mother is a nurse working shifts etc. Gradually falls in with a strange crowd which has an effect on his school work etc leading to a fall out and a reconciliation with his natural father in Africa. Watchable but not one I could recommend!
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Excellent Social Drama - The Last Tree review by GI
A compassionate and quite moving social drama about a young boy, Femi (Tai Golding), who is of Nigerian background, growing up in foster care in rural Lincolnshire. His life is idyllic and he has a host of friends, does well at school and has a loving foster mother. But then his mother Yinka (Gbemisola Ikumelo) arrives from London to take him home. Femi is thrust into the alien environment of inner London where he is confused and isolated, beaten by his mother and generally becomes withdrawn. The film then fast forwards to Femi (now Samuel Adewunmi) as a teenager, still feeling adrift in the world where he is torn between the overtures of the local gang leader and the patience and encouragement of his teacher. This is told in a profound and moving style confidently photographed and with an interesting use of sound that highlights Femi's confusion and loneliness. The performances are all powerful and at times the s tory is heart wrenching but it's a clever film highlighting the experience of young people whose potential is constantly exposed to danger.
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Rewarding watch - The Last Tree review by KR
At first I thought this was a film about coming of age and the relative impacts of nature and nurture. It is that and more as it covers family dynamics, obscure reasons for peoples choices, friendship, compassion, prejudice, identity and more. There is plenty of space in the dialogue, the acting is restrained but absorbing and powerful. Body language and expressions carry the emotion of the piece. Settings are carefully chosen and key images echo through the film threading the story together. A very humane film with a sense of equilibrium and shades of anguish and kindness. We will watch it again.
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