This vibrant and inventive father-daughter comedy follows Georgie (Lola Campbell), a resourceful 12-year-old girl who secretly lives alone in her flat in a working class suburb of London following the death of her mother. She makes money stealing bikes with her best friend Ali (Alin Uzun) and keeps the social workers off her back by pretending to live with an uncle. Out of nowhere, her estranged father Jason (Harris Dickinson; Triangle of Sadness, Beach Rats) arrives and forces her to confront reality. Uninterested in this sudden new parental figure, Georgie is stubbornly resistant to his efforts. As they adjust to their new circumstances, Georgie and Jason find that they both still have a lot of growing up to do. Winner of a Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, Scrapper is full of spirit, humor, and formal inventiveness that sets it apart from much of British working-class cinema. Dickinson and remarkable newcomer Campbell imbue irresistible charm into this moving and frequently hilarious story of two emotionally tangled people: a grieving kid thrust into adulthood and a father in over his head.
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00:00 (upbeat music)
00:02 - Hi, that's my bike.
00:06 We were just making sure that all of these bikes
00:09 were road safe.
00:11 Oh, yours isn't by the way.
00:12 (upbeat music)
00:15 - What stage are you at now?
00:23 - I think I'm almost finished.
00:25 - I feel so far ahead.
00:26 - I'm not sure if I can do it.
00:28 - I'm finished.
00:29 - I feel so far.
00:30 - She'll make it through.
00:31 - Lovely though that she's living with her uncle.
00:34 - You do me one favor.
00:36 - Georgie's doing great at school, thanks.
00:38 - Emotionally coping.
00:40 - We are eating spaghetti bolognese today.
00:42 - Well, I for one feel reassured.
00:44 (upbeat music)
00:47 - Hey Georgie.
00:48 - Who's asking?
00:49 - I'm Jason.
00:50 I'm your dad.
00:52 (upbeat music)
00:55 - Can't stay for long.
00:56 - I'll stay as long as I want.
00:58 (upbeat music)
00:59 - What if he's a big time gangster?
01:01 - Maybe he was in prison.
01:03 - So hear me out on this one, yeah?
01:05 (glass shattering)
01:07 - No, he's not a vampire, that's just stupid.
01:10 (upbeat music)
01:12 - You think he'll stay?
01:14 - I don't care.
01:15 I think you can just turn up, say sorry,
01:17 and it'll all be all right.
01:19 - My mom never wanted me around, you know.
01:21 - She said that, didn't she?
01:22 - I knew it.
01:23 - But you didn't even try.
01:25 (upbeat music)
01:26 - Come on, do your job properly.
01:28 (upbeat music)
01:29 - Go, go, go, go, go, go.
01:30 (upbeat music)
01:33 - I didn't have a lighter.
01:37 (upbeat music)
01:39 - You missed one.
01:40 (upbeat music)
01:43 - Didn't think I needed you.
01:47 - Oh, a big one.
01:49 - I don't need you to replace mom.
01:51 (upbeat music)
01:55 - I need someone.
01:56 (upbeat music)
01:58 - That was sick.
02:00 - That was shocking.
02:01 - Shocking?
02:02 - Yeah.
02:03 (bell dinging)