Foxfire

Screening Dates:
Sat 14 September 6:00pm
Sun 15 September 5:00pm

Director: Laurent Cantet
Starring: Raven Adamson, Katie Coseni, Madeline Bisson

One part Badlands, two parts Thelma & Louise: Laurent Cantet (Palme d’Or winner The Class) takes another cast of amazingly talented unknowns for this girl-gang saga set in ’50s small-town America.

Based on Joyce Carol Oates’ celebrated novel, Cantet’s adaptation is more political and has a stronger lesbian undertone than the 1996 version. Ostracised for their perceived bolshiness by their chauvinistic classmates, the secret Foxfire society soon segues into law-breaking and eventually goes on the lam – with inevitably tragic consequences.

Raven Adamson as leader Legs is an extraordinary combination of toughness, recklessness and vulnerability, and Cantet’s script, unflashy direction and muted cinematography give the film a gritty realism that only enhances its suspense.

**** Financial Times, Empire
“THE PASSION AND SINCERITY OF THE PERFORMERS CARRIES THE DAY” The Guardian