Bibliograph

Sweet sixteen, a Sixteen Films production with Road Movies Filmproduktion and Tornasol/Alta Films in a British, German and Spanish co-production ; a Scottish Screen and BBC Films presentation ; with the support of Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen and the Glasgow Film Office in association with Diaphana Distribution, BIM Distribuzione, Cinéart ARD/Degeto Film and WDR ; screenplay by Paul Laverty ; producer, Rebecca O'Brien ; director, Ken Loach

Type

Label

Sweet sixteen, a Sixteen Films production with Road Movies Filmproduktion and Tornasol/Alta Films in a British, German and Spanish co-production ; a Scottish Screen and BBC Films presentation ; with the support of Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen and the Glasgow Film Office in association with Diaphana Distribution, BIM Distribuzione, Cinéart ARD/Degeto Film and WDR ; screenplay by Paul Laverty ; producer, Rebecca O'Brien ; director, Ken Loach

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: Rated R; for pervasive strong language, drug content, and some violence

Main title

Sweet sixteen

Oclc number

53144972

resource.otherEventInformation

Originally produced as a British motion picture in 2002

Responsibility statement

a Sixteen Films production with Road Movies Filmproduktion and Tornasol/Alta Films in a British, German and Spanish co-production ; a Scottish Screen and BBC Films presentation ; with the support of Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen and the Glasgow Film Office in association with Diaphana Distribution, BIM Distribuzione, Cinéart ARD/Degeto Film and WDR ; screenplay by Paul Laverty ; producer, Rebecca O'Brien ; director, Ken Loach

Runtime

106

Summary

There's precious little sweetness in Liam's life in the weeks before his 16th birthday: his mother is in prison, and his stepfather Stan is a bullying small-time drug dealer. Liam wants a normal life with mom, his older sister and her baby boy, in a caravan he picked out himself. Naïve, driven Liam comes to the attention of a local crime lord, who offers him employment--but with conditions that are merciless. Liam is locked into a destiny that he can't escape, by a country that has written him off. His dreams of escaping to a better life sabotaged by his own refusal to the misery common to his class

Table Of Contents

Star gazers -- Visiting hours -- Disciplined -- House rules -- Audio letter -- Daft idea -- Informant -- Hard sell -- Home -- Brawl -- Interrogation -- Discussion -- Pizza delivery -- Privacy invaded -- Dirty work -- Up in flames -- Revenge -- Like a brother -- Real deal -- New start -- Party -- Letting go -- Confrontation -- End credits

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action