April 2007
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This is England
Directed by Shane Meadows (2006)
Like Meadows’ previous work on A Room For Romeo Brass, This is England is a touching coming of age story, wrapped up in something altogether more sinister. Newcomer Thomas Turgoose plays Shaun, a fatherless eleven year old boy growing up in a typical suburban town in the Midlands at the beginning of the eighties. Shane Meadows clearly has a knack for...