Animol review: Adolescence star Ashley Walters makes an impressive, confident directorial debut ...Middle East

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Here, he plays Troy, brought into a young offender institution on remand as he faces grave charges: conspiracy to commit murder. Arriving the same day as the Polish-born Krystian (Vladislav Baliuk), with whom he soon forms a tight bond, he also runs into the very dangerous Dion (Sekou Diaby). Either Troy smuggles in a phone or D – as he calls himself – is going to make life very difficult for him. Thankfully, Krystian causes a distraction to help Troy sneak the burner past the guards, but it won’t be the last time D calls upon him.

Scripted by Nick Love, with whom Walters collaborated on TV show Bulletproof, this feels like a million miles away from the excessive, boyish tone of Love’s own movies as a director (most recently, the Danny Dyer-starring Marching Powder). Of course, Animol comes nowhere near the brutal nature of Alan Clarke’s Scum – still the Daddy of all Brit prison flicks – but, like Wasteman, it shows a very real side to modern-day prison life. From drones used by unseen outsiders to drop contraband over the walls to the way drugs and violence are commonplace, it paints a grim-but-convincing picture.

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Graham’s character Claypole even provides one of the most surprising moments, when he convinces the inmates to drop their egos and join him in a bit of free-form dance. It might look a bit like the ‘Rainbow Rhythms’ episode of sitcom Peep Show, but it’s a touching scene, and one that helps Animol stand out from other prison films, which are so frequently filled with relentless and unforgiving despair.

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