British filmmaker Andrea Arnold's exceptionally well-crafted drama, FISH TANK is the story of Mia (KATIE JARVIS), a volatile 15-year-old, who is always in trouble and who has become excluded from school and ostracized by her friends. One hot summer's day her mother (KIERSTON WAREING) brings home a mysterious stranger called Connor (MICHAEL FASSBENDER) who promises to change everything and bring love into all their lives. Arnold proves remarkably facile at capturing society's ills in dramatic form, particularly the treacherous terrain that fatherless teenage girls face.