Liam
2000, Film, 90 min, Drama, English, United Kingdom, MoviePedia score 65
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.
Directed by Stephen Frears
Cast
- Anthony Borrows as Liam
- Ian Hart as Dad
- Claire Hackett as Mum
- Dave Hart as Con
- Megan Burns as Teresa
- Anne Reid as Mrs. Abernathy
- Russell Dixon as Father Ryan
- Julia Deakin as Auntie Aggie
- Andrew Schofield as Uncle Tom
- Bernadette Shortt as Lizzie
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