As Harris Dickinson was cementing himself as a star in projects like Triangle of Sadness and The Iron Claw , the actor was quietly at work on the script that would become his debut feature, Urchin .

The film, which debuted to acclaim at Cannes this past May, is a heartfelt and surprising drama about an addict named Mike, who, after punching and robbing a man who offers to help, emerges from prison on a tentative path to rehabilitation.

"I don't know exactly what the first seed was," he says on a video call this month, the day the film premiered in New York. "I just know that I wanted to tackle a character like Mike and gain access into someone that I guess doesn't always have that kind of story."

Dickinson has carved out a unique career for himself as a performer. Yes, he'

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