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Synopsis

Nineteen-year old Londoner Leon returns home to take care of his alcoholic mother and adjust to life as an adult after an adolescence spent in and out of foster care. Frustrated by his lack of an education and his bleak financial prospects, Leon finds solace in the boxing ring. He soon meets the rebellious and beautiful Twiggy, who is squatting in abandoned houses to escape her family’s unfeeling affluence. As rumblings of riots begin in the streets and police and protesters engulf his neighborhood, Leon must decide whether to join his friends and fight or seek a new life with Twiggy.
A raw and unflinching look at one young man’s struggle to better himself, when the world appears to be dead-set against him. Set against the turbulent backdrop of one of London’s most violent periods of social unrest, a story full of fire, rage, and vulnerability.
Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2018 - International Narrative Competition - World premiere
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Details

Year
2018
Type of film
Features
Running Time
110 mins
Director
Jamie Jones 1st Feature
Producer
Emily Jones, Ross Williams
Executive Producer
John Giwa-Amu, Ben Jacques, Emily Jones, Mark Lane, Maggie Norris
Editor
Emma Gaffney, Agnieszka Liggett
Screenwriter
Jamie Jones
Director of Photography
Albert Salas
Production Designer
Lotty Sanna
Music
Lol Hammond
Principal Cast
Sophie Kennedy Clark, Marcus Rutherford, T'Nia Miller, Sam Gittens, Jay Walker

Genre

Production status

Complete

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Last updated 19th April 2018

Production Company

A Beyond Fiction, Harvest Pictures production

Beyond Fiction
Emily Jones
emily@beyondfiction.co.uk

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