American Honey

American Honey (Andrea Arnold, 2016) a tough watch really, not only for the length of the film. The film was concerned with Star who at 18 hooks up with a group of door to door magazine sellers in the southern states of the US. She's recruited by Jake (Shia La Boeuf) who acts like a Fagin figure training impressionable youngsters to get people to buy subscriptions. Although they use trance and hip hop rather than Lionel Bart. It's a film about growing up but also about putting up with the necessary to get along. When you're 18 and you find a sense of belonging it's often difficult to break away from that. There's a great ensemble cast and as ever a largely improvised script.