The Last Tree(2020)

Name: The Last Tree
Director: Shola Amoo
Genre: Drama
Released: Jun 26, 2020
Cast: Denise Black, Nicholas Pinnock, Tuwaine Barrett

Independent

1h 38m
- Drama

Release Date: Jun 26, 2020

After a happy childhood in the countryside, a teenager moves to London, where he must navigate an unfamiliar environment on his road to adulthood.

Note: Distributed by ArtMattan Productions

Release Details

Original Release | Jun 26, 2020 | Limited (ArtMattan Productions)

View Advanced Data Watch Trailer

Box Office Results

2025-04-29T04:28:33.112Z

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$2,424
Total US & Canada:
$10,128
Total International
$218,548
Total Worldwide:
$228,676

Current Showtimes

Theatres near you, nearest first

Location

Search radius

Director & Top Cast

Shola Amoo
Director

Denise Black
Mary

Nicholas Pinnock
Mr. Williams

Tuwaine Barrett
Dwayne

Other Details

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Language: English

Summaries

Storyline

Femi is a British boy of Nigerian heritage who, after a happy childhood in rural Lincolnshire, moves to inner London to live with his mum. 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. THE LAST TREE is director and writer Shola Amoo's semi-autobiographical depiction of his crisis of belonging as a first-generation British-Nigerian. Initially raised in the relative privilege of rural Lincolnshire by a doting foster mother, Femi (Sam Adewunmi) is unexpectedly uprooted by his Nigerian born biological mother and must learn to adjust to her strict, traditional rearing and the urban chaos of London. Femi learns to avoid schoolyard conflict by conforming to the stereotypes embraced by his rabble-rousing peers while escaping conflicting expectations through the music of the Cure and his vivid daydreams of kindred, indigo-haired classmate Tope (Ruthxjiah Bellenea). When the pressures of urban living threaten to undermine Femi's success, his mother decides to return home with him to Nigeria to give her son an opportunity to connect to his roots. — Mae Moreno