Storyline

While Liam (Martin Compston) waits for his mother to be released from prison, he aggressively resists the demands of his stepfather and grandfather that he use his mother as a drug mule. Liam dreams of a better life for her, and decides that when she gets out of jail he will take her far away from their family and their former life. However, this plan requires money, so Liam gets it the only way he knows how -- by stealing his stepfather's drugs and selling them on the street.

Plot Keywords

teen boy, stepfather, mother, grandfather, prisoner, drug dealer, tense, gutsy, emotional, greenock, scotland, port city, prison, street, house, apartment, imprisonment, drugs, ambition, theft, teenage rebellion, mother/son relationship, growing up, fall, wretched excess, 2000s

Short Review

Loach has fashioned an achingly true portrait of a young man's despairing attempts to better his life, but coming up against social obstructions both visible and invisible.

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