The Kid (2010)

Directed by

Nick Moran

Genre

drama film, biographical film, crime film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 47m

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a boy growing up in a violent and abusive home in a South London council estate during the 1980s. It shows his struggles through adolescence and his efforts to escape the cycle of violence.

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What happens

The Kid is a 2010 British biographical drama film directed by Nick Moran and co-written by Moran and Kevin Lewis. The film, based on Kevin Lewis' autobiography of the same name, details Lewis' adolescent and young adult life, having been raised in a violent, abusive family on a small council estate called New Addington in the 1980s. Scottish singer/songwriter KT Tunstall wrote the song 'Boy' for the movie (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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