Jan Komasa’s first English language film is a dark genre blending fable which shines a light on the excesses of trash culture. Anson Boon (1917) delivers a mercurial performance as transgressive bad boy Tommy who wakes up far away from home, the subject of a ‘rehabilitation project’. Quirky couple Graham and Riseborough (and Kit Rakusen, their chilling son “Sunshine”) have an absurdist, or perhaps psychotic, redemption plan. Co-produced by long-time collaborators Jeremy Thomas and Jerzy Skolimowski and filmed in Warsaw and Yorkshire this is sharp social commentary full of unexpected tonal shifts.
Trigger warnings - confinement and brutality
Due to filming commitments, Jan Komasa is unfortunately unable to attend the scheduled Q&A.
We are joined on stage with actor Kit Rakusen and writer Naqqash Khalid for a ScreenTalk.
