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WILD ROSE Festival Gala | BFI London Film Festival 2018

1,884 views · Published 17 October 2018 · 1:08 · Indexed 27 September 2026

Channel: BFI · 2018 · Film & Animation

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The stars and director of Wild Rose talk about their film at their LFF 2018 Festival Gala. 

To write a country song you need ‘three chords and the truth’, according to songwriter Harlan Howard’s famous truism. But is it really that simple if you’re a Glaswegian single mum fresh out of prison and with no job? 23-year-old Rose-Lynn Harlan (Jessie Buckley, who impressed in Beast) is a chaotic burst of incorrigibly bad behaviour, charisma and an electrifying set of vocal chords. All she has ever wanted is to sing country music. And she’s convinced that she can only do that in Nashville. LFF alumni director Tom Harper (War Book, BBC’s War & Peace) makes a cracking return to the Festival with debutant feature screenwriter Nicole Taylor (BAFTA winner for her BBC three-part series Three Girls), who sensitively explores the challenges of modern motherhood. A magnificent Julie Walters is Rose-Lynn’s frustrated mother, her no-nonsense working-class grit putting her at odds with her dreamer daughter, while Sophie Okonedo shines as an idealistic benefactor wanting to back Rose-Lynn. But the knockout blow is delivered by the superstar-making performance of the irrepressible Buckley (dazzlingly delivering the songs throughout). If your heart don’t soar watching this, you just ain’t got one.

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