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Set in Thatcher’s Britain of the 70’s and 80’s, a time when working class Manchester was beset by unemployment and riots, the film tells the story of 17 year-old Stephen (Lowden), a painfully shy, intellectually precocious loner who lives for, and writes about, the burgeoning local music scene—a surprisingly vibrant subculture in an otherwise drab industrial city. Too intimidated to join that scene, he writes reviews from the sidelines, imagining what he would do if he were on stage. When one of his write-ups is noticed by kindred spirit Linder Sterling (Brown Findlay), an aspiring painter, the two become fast friends, and she pushes him to form a band and take to the stage. Stephen finally works up the courage to book a club date, and performs a dazzling cover of an old girl-group standard. This is the first time the world gets to hear the distinctive, emotion-filled voice that would eventually propel him to stardom.
That very night, a manager reaches out with an offer. Unfortunately, it's only for the musicians, not the lead singer, meaning Stephen will be left behind. His dreams of a musical career vanish and he's left with nothing but wasted days at a soul-crushing civil servant job, and lonely nights holed up in the same bedroom he’s slept in his whole life. Only his mother’s unwavering belief in his talent, and Linder’s constant reminder—“be yourself, everyone else is taken”—give him the strength to keep trying to become the artist he was always meant to be.
Original Release
08/04/2017
US Release
08/25/2017
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Jodie Comer | Christine |
Jack Lowden | Steven Patrick Morrissey |
Jessica Brown Findlay | Linder Sterling |
Laurie Kynaston | Johnny Marr |
Simone Kirby | Elizabeth Morrissey |
Peter McDonald | Peter Morrissey |
Graeme Hawley | Mr. Leonard / Mr Leonard |
Katherine Pearce | Anji Hardie |
Finney Cassidy | Darren |
Adam Lawrence | Billy Duffy |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jodie Comer | Christine |
Jack Lowden | Steven Patrick Morrissey |
Jessica Brown Findlay | Linder Sterling |
Laurie Kynaston | Johnny Marr |
Simone Kirby | Elizabeth Morrissey |
Peter McDonald | Peter Morrissey |
Graeme Hawley | Mr. Leonard / Mr Leonard |
Katherine Pearce | Anji Hardie |
Finney Cassidy | Darren |
Adam Lawrence | Billy Duffy |
Nicola-Jayne Wells | Rock Chick |
Joseph Carter | Gary |
John Dewsbury | Bloke at bus stop |
Vivienne Bell | Jackie Morissey / Jacqueline Morrissey |
Rosanna | Siobhan |
Drew Jenkinson | Stevens bully |
Marc Graham | Gordon |
Alan French | Suited Man |
Andrew Sheridan | William |
Natalie Gavin | Nurse |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Phil Hunt | Executive Producer |
Orion Lee | Executive Producer |
Roger O'Donnell | Executive Producer |
Brian Perera | Executive Producer |
Compton Ross | Executive Producer |
Gregory P. Shockro | Executive Producer |
Duncan Western | Executive Producer |
Tim Yasui | Executive Producer |
Alan Graves | Producer |
Tom Harberd | Producer |
Baldwin Li | Producer |
Orian Williams | Producer |