Marking the fifth feature film from award-winning writer/director Shane Meadows (Dead Man’s
Shoes, A Room for Romeo Brass, Twentyfourseven), This is England tells the story of Shaun (Thomas Turgoose), an 11 year old kid growing up in
the north of England. Set during the summer holidays of 1983, it follows his rites of passage from a shaggy haired
ruffian grieving the loss of his father into a shaven headed thug whose anger and pain are embraced
by the local skinhead fraternity. This Is England won Best British Independent Film and Thomas Turgoose Most Promising Newcomer
Award at the British Independent Film Awards as well as awards at the London and Rome Film Festivals.The ensemble cast includes newcomer Thomas Turgoose playing the role of Shaun, Stephen Graham
(Gangs of New York), Jo Hartley (Dead Man’s Shoes), Joe Gilgun (Emmerdale), Andrew Shim (A
Room for Romeo Brass, Once Upon a Time in the Midlands) and Vicky McClure (A Room for Romeo
Brass).
The soundtrack vividly evokes the era and features Toots & The Maytals, The Specials, Dexy’s
Midnight Runners and Soft Cell.
