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Liam is a British film of genre Drama directed by Stephen Frears released in USA on 5 october 2001 with Ian Hart

Liam (2001)

Liam
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Released in USA 5 october 2001
Length 1h31
Directed by
Genres Drama
Rating68% 3.444493.444493.444493.444493.44449

Liam is a 2000 British-German film directed by Stephen Frears and written by novelist/screenwriter Jimmy McGovern. McGovern (perhaps best known as the creator of British TV crime drama Cracker) adapted Joseph Mckeown's novel Back Crack Boy into this emotionally raw meditation on innocence and pain. Frears in turn was influenced by James Joyce's accounts of his stern childhood in late 19th century Catholic Dublin.

Megan Burns won the Marcello Mastroianni Award at the 57th Venice International Film Festival for her performance.



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Synopsis

Set in Liverpool in the Depression of the 1930s, the story is told through the eyes of Liam (Anthony Borrows). Liam is taking religious instruction lessons in preparation for his First Communion—his mother (Claire Hackett) is a staunch Roman Catholic. His father (Ian Hart) loses his job when the shipyard he works for closes. Meanwhile his sister Teresa (Megan Burns) has taken a job as maid for the wealthy Jewish family who own the shipyard.

Actors

Ian Hart

(Dad)Anne Reid

(Mrs. Abernathy)Megan Burns

(Teresa)David Hart

(Con)Andrew Schofield

(Tom)
And :
Julia Deakin
Martin Hancock
Stephen Walters
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