Andrea Arnold

Fish Tank kickstarted Michael Fassbender’s acting career, but it was newcomer Katie Jarvis who stole the show with her raw and volatile portrayal of a teenager’s search for transcendence amid poverty. This beautiful, explosive portrait of innocence lost won Andrea Arnold the Cannes Jury Prize.

This fresh and contentious adaptation from Andrea Arnold (American Honey) sheds the classic Brontë novel of its Gothic and Romantic trimmings to get at the raw passions simmering underneath. One thing’s for sure: watching this film is as brutally exhilarating as a storm on the Yorkshire Moors!