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Liam is a 2000 film directed by Stephen Frears and written by novelist/screenwriter Jimmy McGovern. McGovern adapted Joseph Mckeown's novel Back Crack Boy for this emotionally raw meditation on innocence and pain.
Liam: Directed by Stephen Frears. With Ian Hart, Claire Hackett, Anthony Borrows, Dave Hart. A family falls into poverty during the Depression.
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- Drama
- Stephen Frears
- 2001-10-05
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The story of a 7-year-old boy growing up in 1930s Liverpool. Liam's father works at the local shipyard, while his mother keeps the household afloat, pinching pennies, yet keeping spirits high. Life takes a terrible turn when the shipyard closes and Dad loses his job.
A powerful and emotionally charged portrait of an ordinary family caught up in extraordinary circumstances, "Liam" tells the story of a seven-year-old...
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- Stephen Frears
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- Ian Hart
A morality tale of xenophobia, religious prejudice, mob violence, poverty, and their effect on two children in Liverpool during the Depression. When a shipyard closes, Liam and Teresa's dad loses his job.
- Stephen Frears
- R
- 4
Liam. 90 minutes ‧ R ‧ 2001. Roger Ebert. October 5, 2001. 5 min read. Set among the Irish working people of Liverpool in the 1930s, Stephen Frears’ “Liam” shows us a family where the children are terrified of sin and their parents of poverty.
A morality tale of xenophobia, religious prejudice, mob violence, poverty, and their effect on two children in Liverpool during the Depression. When a shipyard closes, Liam and Teresa's dad loses his job.