A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school, after a fight. They become his new best friends, even like family. Based on experiences of director Shane Meadows.
Shane Meadows' semi-autobiographical portrait of early-1980s skinhead culture landed as one of the most acclaimed British films of its era, praised on both sides of the Atlantic for its raw authenticity and for threading genuine political menace through what is also a tender coming-of-age story. Thomas Turgoose's performance as the young protagonist was widely singled out as a discovery. The film's critical reception was overwhelmingly positive, with little meaningful dissent — the debate was less about quality than about whether it was simply one of the year's best films or the very best.
Crime, Drama
DirectorShane Meadows
StarringThomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Jo Hartley, Andrew Shim, Vicky McClure
ComposerLudovico Einaudi
A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school, after a fight. They become his new best friends, even like family. Based on experiences of director Shane Meadows.
Shane Meadows' semi-autobiographical portrait of early-1980s skinhead culture landed as one of the most acclaimed British films of its era, praised on both sides of the Atlantic for its raw authenticity and for threading genuine political menace through what is also a tender coming-of-age story. Thomas Turgoose's performance as the young protagonist was widely singled out as a discovery. The film's critical reception was overwhelmingly positive, with little meaningful dissent — the debate was less about quality than about whether it was simply one of the year's best films or the very best.
Crime, Drama
DirectorShane Meadows
StarringThomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Jo Hartley, Andrew Shim, Vicky McClure
ComposerLudovico Einaudi
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