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The summer holidays have just begun and 11 year-old Skunk's afternoons are full of day dreams and curious wanderings around her neighborhood - with the exception that she must regularly give herself injections to combat her type 1 diabetes. When, one day, Skunk (Eloise Laurence) discovers her bitter and angry older neighbor, Mr. Oswald (Rory Kinnear), savagely beating Rick, a psychologically-troubled boy from the neighborhood whom Mr. Oswald's daughter has callously and fictitiously accused of rape, Skunk's innocence begins to vanish. Trying to find solace with her loving nanny (Zana Marjanovic) and father (Tim Roth), with whom she is very close, Skunk is unwittingly drawn into her neighbors' unfolding melodrama involving violence, sex, and life-shattering illness. Her home, her neighborhood and her school all become treacherous environments where the happy certainties of childhood give way to a fear-filled doubt, and the promise of a complex, broken future. Overwhelmed by her experiences, Skunk herself is drawn into an ethereal chaos from which she may only return through the intense love of those closest to her.
Original Release
08/22/2012
US Release
07/19/2013
Cast
Name | Character |
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Charlie Booty | Baby Skunk |
Lily James | Older Skunk |
Tim Roth | Archie |
Eloise Laurence | Skunk |
Lukas Fernandes-Pendse | Harry Barlow |
Michael Fernandes-Pendse | Henry Barlow |
Robert Emms | Rick Buckley / Rick |
Rory Kinnear | Bob Oswald |
Faye Daveney | Saskia |
Martha Bryant | Sunrise |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Charlie Booty | Baby Skunk |
Lily James | Older Skunk |
Tim Roth | Archie |
Eloise Laurence | Skunk |
Lukas Fernandes-Pendse | Harry Barlow |
Michael Fernandes-Pendse | Henry Barlow |
Robert Emms | Rick Buckley / Rick |
Rory Kinnear | Bob Oswald |
Faye Daveney | Saskia |
Martha Bryant | Sunrise |
Clare Burt | Mrs. Buckley |
Denis Lawson | Mr. Buckley |
Paul Thornley | Policeman 1 |
David Webber | Policeman 2 / Policeman |
Bill Milner | Jed |
Rosie Kosky-Hensman | Susan / Susan Oswald |
Seeta Indrani | Dr. Mortimer |
Andrew Frame | DC Carson |
Zana Marjanovic | Kasia |
Cillian Murphy | Mike Kiernan |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Peter Hampden | Executive Producer |
Norman Merry | Executive Producer |
Joe Oppenheimer | Executive Producer |
Grace Hartley | Executive Producer |
Peter Raven | Executive Producer |
Wendy Bevan-Mogg | Producer |
Tally Garner | Producer |
Dixie Linder | Producer |
Nick Marston | Producer |
Bill Kenwright | Producer |