Liam (2000)
- Directed by
- Stephen Frears
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Rated
- 18A
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 41 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young boy in 1930s Liverpool struggles with the harsh realities of his working-class Catholic family. He endures a stern father and the pressures of poverty as he navigates childhood.
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What happens
Liam is a 2000 film directed by Stephen Frears and written by novelist/screenwriter Jimmy McGovern. McGovern adapted Joseph Mckeown's novel Back Crack Boy for 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Pleasureland (2003)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.