Sweet Sixteen is a 2002 film by director Ken Loach. The film tells the story of a working class Scottish teenage boy, Liam (played by Martin Compston), a typical 'ned', who dreams of starting afresh with his mother who is completing a prison term. Liam's attempts to raise money for the two of them are set against the backdrop of Greenock and Port Glasgow.
In a few weeks, Liam is going to be sixteen. He and his friends don't go to school anymore, ...
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Sweet Sixteen is a 2002 film by director Ken Loach. The film tells the story of a working class Scottish teenage boy, Liam (played by Martin Compston), a typical 'ned', who dreams of starting afresh with his mother who is completing a prison term. Liam's attempts to raise money for the two of them are set against the backdrop of Greenock and Port Glasgow.
In a few weeks, Liam is going to be sixteen. He and his friends don't go to school anymore, preferring to sell cigarettes and defy the police all day long. They are completely left behind in a society which doesn't help them to get out of the bad situation they live in. Liam's mother is currently in prison, for a crime she didn't commit. She will be released in a few weeks, in time for her son's sixteenth birthday. Liam loves his mother very much and his only goal is to bring her away from her brutal boyfriend, Stan, who deals drugs with Liam’s grandfather.
In order to begin a new life with his mother Jean, Liam starts dealing in...
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