2008 film
Directed by: Shane Meadows
Written by: Paul Fraser
Starring: Thomas Turgoose, Piotr Jagiello, Kate Dickie, Perry Benson and Elisa Lasowski
(famously) Funded by: Eurostar
Film is about two boys who move to Somers Town in London from different places in the world. One comes from a difficult life in the Midlands, and the other a Polish Immigrant. Together, they go on adventures around London. The film is basically about a black + white study of a social environment in Somers Town, London.
Although the cast seems to be relatively foreign (most obviously Polish), I believe this film should be seen as British. Firstly because the director had also directed This Is England, a highly acclaimed British movie and secondly because it is about the social environment of London, Englands capital. It is set in London with english people, and even though the characters are Polish it is about their new life in London as immigrants.
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Good work, in which you do pull out many key poinys about Britishness, well done Lucy
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