For stories of love, tension, anger and terrible retribution, sometimes one need look no further than the headlines of the newspaper. For his feature film debut, writer-director Daniel Wolfe, alongside brother and co-writer Matthew, set about the task of transposing a story of growing frequency (honour killings) to the screen in the form of Catch Me Daddy, in which a young couple in West Yorkshire, on the run from her family for causing perceived dishonour. The girl in question is Laila, a Pakistani girl whose family have deemed her relationship with drifter boyfriend Aaron as something to be stopped, permanently if necessary. As the couple attempt to keep distance between themselves and their pursuers, they do try to find time for each other, to have the moments that couples should have with each other. The new clip from the film lights on one such moment.
As the sounds of Patti Smith's Land pulsate, Laila dances along to the song, whilst Aaron watches on in that sort of awkward way you do when someone starts dancing in front of you. However, as the songs plays and Laila continues her reverie, Aaron loosens up and the awkwardness shifts in something more comfortable, their mutual presence easing into each other. Intercut with this moment of growing ease are more ominous images, two cars gliding through the nighttime Yorkshire landscape, determined looks on the faces of those who, by implication, are already interrupting the brighter visage of Laila and Aaron.
Catch Me Daddy has already found a receptive audience on its rounds on the festival circuit, screening at both Cannes and both the Leeds and London Film Festival, with Sameena Jabeen Ahmed picking up a Best British Newcomer at the latter. It certainly has our attention, so it should now also have yours.
Catch Me Daddy is out this Friday. Read Jo's review about it now!
As the sounds of Patti Smith's Land pulsate, Laila dances along to the song, whilst Aaron watches on in that sort of awkward way you do when someone starts dancing in front of you. However, as the songs plays and Laila continues her reverie, Aaron loosens up and the awkwardness shifts in something more comfortable, their mutual presence easing into each other. Intercut with this moment of growing ease are more ominous images, two cars gliding through the nighttime Yorkshire landscape, determined looks on the faces of those who, by implication, are already interrupting the brighter visage of Laila and Aaron.
Catch Me Daddy has already found a receptive audience on its rounds on the festival circuit, screening at both Cannes and both the Leeds and London Film Festival, with Sameena Jabeen Ahmed picking up a Best British Newcomer at the latter. It certainly has our attention, so it should now also have yours.
Catch Me Daddy is out this Friday. Read Jo's review about it now!
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