KEIGHLEY Film Club’s next presentation is described as a serious movie that should have the audience laughing from start to finish.

Hunt For The Wilder People focuses on youthful rebellion on the surface and its fearful search for identity underneath.

Troublesome urban kid Ricky is ordered by child services officer Paula to move to the countryside to live with foster parents Hec and Bella.

A developing relationship between Ricky and Bella is cut short when she suddenly dies and the state intervenes to send Ricky to another foster family.

He runs away and after Hec finds him in the bush, they reach an agreement together to run away.

Not surprisingly this triggers a national manhunt across New Zealand involving the police, bounty hunters and the army due to the authorities’ belief that Ricky has been kidnapped.

In reality, what spurs him on is the fear of juvenile detention if the authorities catch him.

Keighley Film Club spokesman Alan Watkinson said: “Filmed throughout with off-beat humour by a solid cast, it examines the eternal themes of youthful independence and social constraints.

“Dennison plays an excellent part as a frightened child who wants to find his place in the world and thinks everyone has given up on him.

“Based on Barry Crump’s book Wild Pork and Watercress, the film is directed by Taika Waititi who is well known Down Under for portraying social issues in a powerful, humorous and emotional way.”

Hunt for the Wilder People can be seen at the Picture House, North Street, Keighley, on July 16 at 6pm. Doors open at 5.35pm.