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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 Release
01/23/2001
US Release
09/21/2001
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ian Hart | Dad |
Claire Hackett | Mum |
Anthony Borrows | Liam |
David Hart | Con |
Megan Burns | Teresa |
Anne Reid | Mrs. Abernathy |
Russell Dixon | Father Ryan |
Julia Deakin | Auntie Aggie / Aggie |
Andrew Schofield | Uncle Tom / Tom |
Bernadette Shortt | Lizzie |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ian Hart | Dad |
Claire Hackett | Mum |
Anthony Borrows | Liam |
David Hart | Con |
Megan Burns | Teresa |
Anne Reid | Mrs. Abernathy |
Russell Dixon | Father Ryan |
Julia Deakin | Auntie Aggie / Aggie |
Andrew Schofield | Uncle Tom / Tom |
Bernadette Shortt | Lizzie |
David Carey | Lizzie's husband |
David Knopov | Mr. Samuels / Mr Samuels |
Jane Gurnett | Mrs. Samuels / Mrs Samuels |
Gema Loveday | Jane Samuels |
Martin Hancock | David |
Sylvie Gatrill | Nunney |
Chris Darwin | Nunney's husband |
James Foy | Lofty |
Arnold Brown | Pawnbroker |
Billy Moocho | Clubman |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Sally Hibbin | Executive Producer |
Tessa Ross | Executive Producer |
David M. Thompson | Executive Producer |
Michael André | Producer |
Ulrich Felsberg | Producer |
Colin McKeown | Producer |
Martin Tempia | Producer |