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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.
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Economic HardshipClass StruggleChild's PerspectiveMolotov Cocktail AttackForbidden AffairMob MentalityPolitical ExtremismLoss Of EmploymentReligious UpbringingFire And Brimstone Sermons
















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Directed by: Stephen Frears, Leo Davis, Pippa Hall
Written by: Jimmy McGovern
Produced by: Michael André, Sally Hibbin, Tessa Ross
Composed by: John Murphy
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