American Honey (film): Difference between revisions

'''''American Honey''''' is a 2016 [[Road movie|road]] [[drama film]] written and directed by [[Andrea Arnold]]. The film stars [[Sasha Lane]], [[Shia LaBeouf]] and [[Riley Keough]]. ''American Honey'' follows Star (Lane), a young girl from a troubled home, who runs away with a traveling sales crew who drive across the [[Midwestern United States|American Midwest]] selling magazine subscriptions door to door. [[Principal photography]] began in May 2015 with filming taking place in several states across America. It is Arnold's first film to be set and filmed outside of the United Kingdom.

The film was selected to compete for the {{Lang|fr|[[Palme d'Or]]|italic=no}} at the [[2016 Cannes Film Festival]] where it won the [[Jury Prize (Cannes Film Festival)|Jury Prize]].<ref name="IW">{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/article/cannes-live-stream-2016-film-festival-lineup-list |title=2016 Cannes Film Festival Announces Lineup |access-date=14 April 2016 |work=IndieWire|date=14 April 2016 }}</ref><ref name="VarCannes">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/festivals/cannes-film-festival-official-selection-lineup-2016-1201753269/ |title=Cannes 2016: Film Festival Unveils Official Selection Lineup |access-date=14 April 2016 |work=Variety|date=14 April 2016 }}</ref><ref name="Deadline2016">{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2016/05/cannes-film-festival-winners-2016-palme-dor-ful-list-1201760956/ |title=Cannes Film Festival Winners: Palme d'Or To Ken Loach's 'I, Daniel Blake' |access-date=22 May 2016 |website=Deadline Hollywood|date=22 May 2016 }}</ref> ''American Honey'' received positive reviews, with praise for Arnold’s direction, Lane's performance receiving critical praise, and accoladesRyan’s alongcinematography. withThe thoseperformances of LaBeouf and Keough also received critical praise. The film was released in the U.S. on 30 September 2016, by [[A24]] and in the UK on 14 October 2016 by [[Focus Features]] and [[Universal Pictures]]. For the [[70th British Academy Film Awards|70th BAFTA Awards]], ''American Honey'' received a nomination for [[BAFTA Award for Best British Film|Best British Film]].