A Room For Romeo Brass (1999)

90 min · Coming Of Age, Heimatfilm, Melodrama, Social Drama, comedy drama

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Directors

Shane Meadows

Cast

Andrew Shim, Johann Myers, Ben Marshall, Paddy Considine, Julia Ford, James Higgins, Ladene Hall, Frank Harper, Bob Hoskins, Vicky McClure

The story

12-year-old boys Romeo Brass and Gavin Woolley have been best friends and neighbours for most of their lives. Gavin suffers from a back injury which causes him to be bullied by other boys, while Romeo is quick to step in and defend him. One day Gavin is confronted by two boys, Romeo intervenes and things turn violent.

Catalogue themes and tags

Eifersuchtsdrama, Fight, Friendship on the Line, Hammer, Hass, Jealousy, Jugendliche, Kampf, Kumpels, Loss of Youth, Loyalty, Mismatched Friends, Mixed Race Friendship, Nachbarn, Nottingham, Operation, Pocket knife, Pranks, Rach, School Friend, Single Mother, Violent Husband, Vororte, Weirdo, Working Class Area, bester Freund, bruder-schwester, psychophat, strange Family, Drama, Comedy-drama, Comedy, Teen

Genres

Coming Of Age, Heimatfilm, Melodrama, Social Drama, comedy drama

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