Starter for 10 (2007)

92 min · Coming Of Age, Komödie, Romantic Comedy, comedy drama, coming-of-age film

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Directors

Tom Vaughan

Cast

James McAvoy, Alice Eve, Rebecca Hall, Dominic Cooper, Joseph Friend, James Gaddas, Catherine Tate, Mark Gatiss, Robert Cawsey, Rasmus Hardiker, James Corden, Simon Woods, Benedict Cumberbatch, Elaine Tan, Ian Bonar, John Henshaw

The story

In 1985, Brian Jackson is a first-year university student in English Literature and an information sponge. Since his working-class childhood in Southend-on-Sea, Brian has loved the TV quiz show University Challenge. After arriving at University of Bristol, Brian attends a party where he meets left-wing Jewish student Rebecca.

Catalogue themes and tags

1980s, Alcohol, Bathroom, Beach, Beziehungsdreieck, Birthday Party, Bristol, Camaraderie, Cigarette, Costume Party, Dormitory, England, Freundin, Friendship, Gelddieb, Goodnight Kiss, Grave, Joint, Jugendschwarm, Liebeschaos, Literatur, Lodge, Loss of Father, Lovesickness, Lovestory, Maggie Thatcher, Male Nudity, Man-Woman-Relationship, Mirror, Mother Son Relationship, New Year's Eve, Ping Pong, Pizza, Poetry, Protest, Public Humiliation, Quiz Show, Rain Shower, Schneesturm, Self Pity, Slap, Socialist, Strenger Lehrer, Studenten, Team, Unconsciousness, Universität, Weihnachten, Wine, Working Class, fremdgehen, sexy, verrat

Genres

Coming Of Age, Komödie, Romantic Comedy, comedy drama, coming-of-age film

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