FARMING

By Adewale AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE

FEATURETTE - as BUYER REP

Drama - Post-Production 2018

In FARMING, writer-director Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje brings his autobiographical story to the screen with epic vision and raw emotional power.

Festivals
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EFM 2018
    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • Drama, Biography
    • Countries
    • UNITED KINGDOM
    • Director(s)
    • Adewale AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE
    • Writer(s)
    • Adewale AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE
    • Producer(s)
    • Adewale AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE, Michael LONDON, François IVERNEL, Charles DE ROSEN, Janice WILLIAMS
    • Synopsis
    • FARMING is the electrifying true story of Enitan (Damson Idris), a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of giving him a better future. Instead, Enitan grows up to become the feared leader of a white skinhead gang in 1980s England.

      Fuelled by themes of identity, power, love and betrayal, FARMING is rich with compelling characters: A Fagin-Like foster mother Ingrid (Kate Beckinsale), charismatic gang leader Levi , and at its heart our flawed hero, Enitan, a lost and tortured soul, desperately searching for a mother's love as he struggles to find himself in a brutal world. When all seems lost and Enitan spirals into self-destruction, a benevolent teacher (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) offers him one last chance at redemption…