Release Date

23 Jan, 2001

Runtime

01:30: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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. Liam, who's about 8, making his first Holy Communion, gets a regular dose of fire and brimstone at church. Teresa, about 13, has a job as a maid to the Jewish family that owns the closed shipyard. The lady of that house is having an affair, and Teresa becomes an accomplice. Liam stutters terribly, especially when troubled. Dad comes under the sway of the Fascists, who blame cheap Irish labor and Jewish owners. A Molotov cocktail brings things to a head.

Original Title

Liam

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Actors

Ian Hart

Claire Hackett

Anthony Borrows

Dave Hart

Megan Burns

Anne Reid

Russell Dixon

Jane Gurnett

Gema Loveday

Julia Deakin

Andrew Schofield

Martin Hancock

David Knopov

Arnold Brown

James Foy

Bernadette Shortt

David Carey

Sylvia Gatril

Chris Darwin

Stephen Walters

Sean McKee

Crew

Stephen Frears

Donna Malloy

Chris Atkinson

Alexandra Caulfield

Sue Milton

Roxy Spencer

Leo Davis

Pippa Hall

Trevor Gittings

William Dutton

Dorothy Friend

Hannah Moseley

Stephen Bedford

Kevin Pollard