Somers Town (2008)
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Directors
Shane Meadows
Cast
Thomas Turgoose, Piotr Jagiello, Kate Dickie, Perry Benson, Elisa Lasowski
The story
Somers Town follows several days in the lives of two teenage boys, Tomo and Marek, who develop a mutual trust and form an unlikely friendship. Marek, a Polish immigrant, lives with his father, who drinks too much. The film begins with Tomo running away to London from a lonely, difficult life in Nottingham.
Genres
Tragic Comedy Film, comedy film, drama film
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