Stranded (2006)

Stranded tells the sweet and sordid story of Claudia, a world-weary 17-year-old who attempts to flee the detritus of her impoverished family by camping out in her dead mother’s wheel-less car. Claudia’s boyfriend is a kleptomaniac, her father is catatonic and her toxically unhappy younger sister is prone to attack without warning. A kitchen-sink black comedy, the film’s bleakness is leavened by Emma Lung’s incandescent performance as Claudia, a young woman who never loses sight of the complete and funny absurdity of her situation.