Starred Up
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Directed by Scottish filmmaker David Mackenzie (Hell or High Water) and written by British screenwriter Jonathan Asser, this is an intelligent and impactful prison drama. The first-rate cast includes Ben Mendelsohn alongside the UK’s Jack O’Connell and Rupert Friend, whose outstanding performances are captured by Scottish cinematographer Michael McDonough. Co-produced by London-based Film4 and Glasgow-based Sigma Films.
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Young offender Eric (Jack O’Connell) finds himself moved up into an adult prison. Having to fend for himself in a new and daunting environment, his only mentors are an inefficient therapist (Rupert Friend) and his hardened father (Ben Mendelsohn), with whom he now shares a wing.