Wild Rose

A musician from Glasgow dreams of becoming a Nashville star.

Year: 2018

Director: Tom Harper

Producers: Faye Ward, Eugenio Pérez

Executive Producers: Natascha Wharton, Leslie Finlay, Alison Owen, Xavier Marchand, Polly Stokes

Screenwriter: Nicole Taylor

Principal Cast: Jessie Buckley, Julie Walters, Sophie Okonedo, James Harkness, Neill McColl, Aly Bain, Phil Cunningham, Bob Harris

World Premiere: Toronto International Film Festival 2018

UK Premiere: BFI London Film Festival 2018

UK Cinema Release: 19 April 2019

Screen Scotland investment: £500,000

Synopsis

Rose-Lynn Harlan, 23, is bursting with raw talent, charisma and cheek. She is also fresh out of jail and has two young kids to support.

All she wants to do is get the hell out of Glasgow and make it as a country singer. Rose-Lynn thinks her only chance of happiness lies in the Country capital of the world – Nashville, Tennessee. Marion, Rose-Lynn’s mother wants her to settle down, accept her life, and take responsibility for herself, but when a chance encounter brings Rose-Lynn closer to her dreams of Nashville, she faces what she perceives as a choice between family and stardom.

Wild Rose is produced by Faye Ward of Fable Pictures, and supported by Film4BFI Film Fund and Creative Scotland and was released in UK cinemas on Friday 12 April.