Pure (2002)

Directors

Gillies MacKinnon

Cast

Molly Parker, Harry Eden, David Wenham, Keira Knightley

The story

Ten‑year‑old Paul lives with his mother Mel and younger brother Lee in a housing estate in the East End of London, near West Ham United's Boleyn Ground. When their father unexpectedly dies, Paul is forced to take on caretaker duties, including looking after Lee and preparing what he believes to be his mother's "medicine", unaware it is actually heroin. Mel becomes sexually involved with Lenny, a local drug dealer who was a friend of her late husband.

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