Liam

Liam by Stephen Frears

6.21

A morality tale of xenophobia, religious prejudice, mob violence, poverty, and their effect on two children in Liverpool during the Depression. When a shipyard closes, Liam and Teresa's dad loses his job. Liam, who's about 8, making his first Holy Communion, gets a regular dose of fire and brimstone at church. Teresa, about 13, has a job as a maid to the Jewish family that owns the closed shipyard. The lady of that house is having an affair, and Teresa becomes an accomplice. Liam stutters terribly, especially when troubled. Dad comes under the sway of the Fascists, who blame cheap Irish labor and Jewish owners. A Molotov cocktail brings things to a head.

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Cast

Ian Hart

Ian Hart as Dad

Claire Hackett

Claire Hackett as Mum

Anthony Borrows

Anthony Borrows as Liam

David Hart

David Hart as Con

Megan Burns

Megan Burns as Teresa

Anne Reid

Anne Reid as Mrs. Abernathy

Russell Dixon

Russell Dixon as Father Ryan

Jane Gurnett

Jane Gurnett as Mrs Samuels

Gema Loveday

Gema Loveday as Jane Samuels

Julia Deakin

Julia Deakin as Aggie

Andrew Schofield

Andrew Schofield as Tom

Martin Hancock

Martin Hancock as David

David Knopov

David Knopov as Mr Samuels

Arnold Brown

Arnold Brown as Pawnbroker

James Foy

James Foy as Lofty

Bernadette Shortt

Bernadette Shortt as Lizzie

David Carey

David Carey as Lizzie's Husband

Sylvia Gatril

Sylvia Gatril as Nunney

Chris Darwin

Chris Darwin as Nunney's Husband

Stephen Walters

Stephen Walters as Black shirt

Sean McKee

Sean McKee as Little Micky

Sean Styles

Sean Styles as Big Micky

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