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2013 | Color | 93 min.

Thirteen-year-old Arbor and his best friend Swifty, both expelled from school, meet local scrap-dealer, Kitten, and begin collecting scrap metal for him using a horse and cart. Swifty has a natural gift with horses while Arbor is keen to impress Kitten and make some money. But when Kitten begins to favor Swifty, leaving Arbor hurt and excluded, Arbor becomes increasingly greedy and exploitive, leading to a tragic event, that transforms them all.


Country: Reino Unido
Direction: Barnard; Clio
Script: Barnard; Clio
Production: O’Riordan; Tracy
Photography: Eley; Mike
Participation year at FICM: 2013

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