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Jellyfish (2018 film)
Jellyfish is a 2018 British social-realist film. The film stars Liv Hill, Sinead Matthews and Cyril Nri.[1][2] PlotSarah is a teenage carer to a mother with mental health issues and two younger children, holding the family together by various means including financially by a part-time job. The film develops increasing pressures with caring, school and work on Sarah; who resorts to increasingly desperate measures to juggle conflicting requirements. Her drama teacher's end-of-school showcase as the film's climax leads her to choose between life as a family carer and her newly discovered stand-up comedy talent.[1][2] CastLiv Hill as Sarah Taylor Sinead Matthews as Karen Taylor Cyril Nri as Adam Hale Angus Barnett as Vince ProductionThe film features and was predominantly shot in and around Margate, Kent.[1] Release and receptionJellyfish premiered at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival.[1] The Guardian gave the film three stars out of five, calling it a "striking directorial debut" by Gardner, and "an astonishingly good performance" by Hill, although also highlighted "occasional stumbles – a few too many jabs at gentrification, a couple of misfiring performances, and in places the budget constraints really show."[1] AccoladesHill and Matthews jointly won the Best Performance in a British Feature Film award at the 2018 Edinburgh Film Festival.[3] References
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