Awaydays (2009)

105 min · Social Drama, Sport, association football film, crime film, drama film

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2025-09 to 2026-08

Directors

Pat Holden

Cast

Stephen Graham, Nicky Bell, Liam Boyle, Oliver Lee, Holliday Grainger

The story

The film begins in 1979 with Paul Carty (Nicky Bell), with his sister Molly, (Holliday Grainger) and father, at his mother's graveside. After his sister escorts her dad away from the grave, Carty, looking at his watch, starts to run off. Along his way he gets changed into casual clothing and carries on running until he catches a football special train.

Catalogue themes and tags

1980s, Arbeitslosigkeit, Away game, Bande, Britannien, Factory Worker, Freundeskreis, Fußball, Gang Leader, Hooligan, Horizontales Gewerbe, Job-Hopping, Liverpool, Loser, Maggie Thatcher, One Night Stand, Quickie, Schlägerei, Sexuality, Skinhead, Soccer Club, Work, Worker, Working Class Area, Indie, Sports, Period piece, Coming of age, Film adaptation, Drama, Juvenile Delinquency Film

Genres

Social Drama, Sport, association football film, crime film, drama film

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