Far From the Apple Tree

Directed by Grant McPhee and produced by Tartan Features, Far from the Apple Tree, is a Scottish fantasy film. It stars Sorcha Groundsell, from Netflix's The Innocents as Judith. Judith is a struggling artist who finds herself in what seems like a great opportunity when she is hired by a renowned and sinister visual artist named Roberta Roslyn.

 Plot 
Far from the Apple Tree follows the story of Judith, a young artist at the start of her career, who lands a job with a renowned visual artist called Robert Roslyn.  She lands her dream job when she is spotted by Roberta at one of her art gallery exhibitions and hired to help catalogue her work.

Whilst on the job she is shocked to see a girl who closely resembles her repeatedly show up in Roberta’s artwork. She learns that this girl is her boss's missing daughter Maddy.

As she delves into the mystery of the missing girl, new persona begins to emerge within her.  Becoming aware of her unwinding nature, Judith must decide between staying on in her job or continue down the rabbit hole and risk losing who she is.  

 Main cast 
 Sorcha Groundsell as Judith
 Victoria Lidelle as Roberta Roslyn
 Scarlett Mack as Anne-Marie
 Margaret Fraser as Dawn
 Lynsey-Anna Moffat as Suzy

 Release and reception 
Teenage Superstars received its Cinema Premiere in 2018 at the Glasgow Film Festival 

Was part of the National Museum of Scotland's 2018 Rip it Up exhibition where it screened at Edinburgh's Filmhouse 

Teenage Superstars has received generally positive reviews, including 4 out of 5 stars in both The List, and The Skinny with The Herald calling it "a real treat for music fans." 

Having completed a successful festival run the documentary was picked up by Sky Arts receiving its television premiere on the 23 January 2021.

It was highly reviewed as pick of the day on The Guardian, The Observer, The Times & The Telegraph

 References 

 Other websites 
 Far From the Apple Tree at IMDB
 Tartan Features Website

Category:British fantasy movies
Category:2019 fantasy movies