The Last Tree

The Last Tree

2019 · 98 min · EN · 6.3 (23 votes)
Dir. Shola Amoo · Starring Samuel Adewunmi, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Layo-Christina Akinlude, Rasaq Kukoyi, Tai Golding, Tuwaine Barrett · Music Segun Akinola
Drama

Femi is a British boy of Nigerian heritage who, after being fostered in rural Lincolnshire, moves to inner-city London to live with his birth mother. Struggling with the unfamiliar culture and values of his new environment, teenage Femi has to figure out which path to adulthood he wants to take.

VIBE

A poignant, character-driven drama about navigating unfamiliar worlds. It feels like a quiet, contemplative journey of self-discovery, exploring the ache of displacement and the search for one's place in the world.

melancholicintrospectivehopefulyearningsteadykitchen sink realismcharacter-driven dramasocial realismidentitybelongingcultural displacementcoming-of-age
growing up
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