This Is England
“Run with the crowd, stand alone, you decide.”
DramaCrime
A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school, after a fight. They become his new best friends, even like family. Based on experiences of director Shane Meadows.
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A visceral, unflinching dive into 1980s working-class England, it feels raw and deeply authentic. The atmosphere is a potent blend of youthful camaraderie, simmering anger, and poignant melancholy, capturing a specific time and place with striking realism. It's an emotionally charged journey of belonging and disillusionment.
grittyrawmelancholicauthenticvolatilesteadysocial realismperiod piece (1980s)naturalistic actingcoming-of-ageidentitybelongingxenophobiasocial alienation
skinheadenglandvandalismdrugsfalklands warxenophobia1980s
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