Overview

• Frank Dillane’s turn as Mike is widely singled out by critics as a career‑best performance that anchors the film’s emotional complexity.
• The drama employs social‑realist observation with stylised interior sequences, with Josée Deshaies’s cinematography and Alan Myson’s score conveying the character’s inner life.
• Urchin premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes, where coverage reports Dillane received an acting prize as the film drew a strong reception.
• Dickinson describes a deliberate move behind the camera shaped by community work and research, framing homelessness as the backdrop to a character study.
• The writer‑director also appears briefly on screen after a late casting change, underscoring the project’s hands‑on, non‑vanity approach noted by reviewers.