BFI
Privateer Pictures
Prodigal Film & TV
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The Last Tree
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.
- Original title
- The Last Tree
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US,GB
- Budget
- —
- Revenue
- $228,676
CinemaSerf
May 30, 2024 · via TMDB
Not the worst film of 2019 by any means, but not really anything too special either. There are even some shadows of "Moonlight" (2017) in this, but overall it is a fairly pedestrian tale of a dislocated lad's adjustment - not very straightforwardly - from his peaceful, fostered, life in rural Lincolnshire to the new, busy, and more aggressive urban surroundings of a London where he struggles to integrate readily. He must adapt to the pressures and temptations that brings, some of which compromise his decent and responsible upbringing. Visually, it is quite impressive and Sam Adewunmi certainly shows promise as "Femi", but otherwise it is a little too predictable and maybe could have done with some more potency in a dialogue that does rather follow the trammels.
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Amazon Video
Amazon Video
Samuel Adewunmi
Femi
Gbemisola Ikumelo
Yinka
Layo-Christina Akinlude
Bimpe
Rasaq Kukoyi
Dean
Tuwaine Barrett
Dwayne
Nicholas Pinnock
Mr. Williams
Demmy Ladipo
Mace
Ibrahim Jammal
Ade
Yazzmin Newell
Dionne
Denise Black
Mary
Jayden Elijah
Tayo
Antonia Lowe
Production Design
Jennifer Eriksson
Post Production Supervisor
Abbi Collins
Stunt Coordinator
Shola Amoo
Director
Mdhamiri á Nkemi
Editor
Aisha Bywaters
Casting Director
Jim Reeve
Executive Producer
Segun Akinola
Original Music Composer
Shola Amoo
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