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"This review was originally published during the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival. Somers Town opens at Film Forum in New York on Wednesday. I saw six films at Tribeca this weekend, and five of them were completely blown off the map by Somers Town, Shane Meadows’ practically perfect follow-up to his 2007 triumph, This is England. England was one of my favorite films of last year, but its political/historical aims, admittedly, occasionally overwhelmed Meadows’ more subtle, character-based observations. Somers Town is less ambitious but more impressive, a 70-minute portrait of a moment with zero fat to cut and not a false note. Like England, Somers stars young Thomas Turgoose as a British teen in search of identity through a surrogate family, but in every way Somers is the tighter, more precise work. Shot mainly in black-and-white in the streets, shops and flats of contemporary London, < "
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"This review was originally published during the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival. Somers Town opens at Film Forum in New York on Wednesday. I saw six films at Tribeca this weekend, and five of them were completely blown off the map by Somers Town, Shane Meadows’ practically perfect follow-up to his 2007 triumph, This is England. England was one of my favorite films of last year, but its political/historical aims, admittedly, occasionally overwhelmed Meadows’ more subtle, character-based observations. Somers Town is less ambitious but more impressive, a 70-minute portrait of a moment with zero fat to cut and not a false note. Like England, Somers stars young Thomas Turgoose as a British teen in search of identity through a surrogate family, but in every way Somers is the tighter, more precise work. Shot mainly in black-and-white in the streets, shops and flats of contemporary London, < "
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Somers Town (2008)
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"Somers Town; the neighbourhood of London squeezed between the Euston, St. Pancras, and Kings Cross railway termini is the unlikely location and title of Brit director Shane Meadow's latest effort. I say 'unlikely' as it marks the first time Meadows has shot on location outside of his native East Midlands. It also marks his first film since the BAFTA winning 'This Is England'. Sixteen year old runaway Tomo (Thomas Turgoose) arrives in London off the train from Nottingham to a beating from a trio of cockney kids which results in the loss of his bag and wallet. Whilst contemplating his next move Tomo meets Polish immigrant Marek (Piotr Jagiello). The pair form a mutual appreciation society for the lovely Maria (Elisa Lasowski) a French girl who works at the local cafe and they turn their attention to earning some money to spend on wooing her, and finding some clothes and a roof for the potless homeless Tomo. Granted this is not much of a plot but strong characterisation and Meadows w ... "
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