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This Is England

The Works International
Gareth Tennant
4th Floor, Portland House 4 Great Portland Street London, W1W 8QJ UK
Tel: 0044 020 7612 1080 Fax: 0044 020 7612 1081
e-mail: Gareth.Tennant@theworksmediagroup.com
Working-class England, summer of ’83. Thatcher is still Prime Minister, the Falklands War is raging on, unemployment is sky rocketing and 12-year-old Shaun, recently orphaned in the war and expelled from school, is wandering aimless and alone in Yorkshire; easy prey for the local bunch of happy-go-lucky skinheads. In his most personal film to date, Shane Meadows steers clear of assigning blame, but attempts to examine his young hero within the political and social conflicts of the time. This Is England was presented in the Toronto Film Festival.

Director: Shane Meadows
Screenwriter: Shane Meadows
Cinematography: Danny Cohen
Editing: Chris Wyatt
Music: Ludovico Einaudi
Cast: Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Jo Hartley, Andrew Shim

U.K., Color
English, 100΄
Format: 35mm


    Publication date: 2007-09-10 23:41:48