Sweet Sixteen

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Sweet Sixteen is a 2002 British social-realist drama film by Ken Loach that follows a Scottish teenager’s struggle to escape poverty and crime before his mother’s release from prison.

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instanceOf British film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
social-realist film ⓘ
awardReceived Cannes Film Festival Best Screenplay ⓘ
European Film Award for Best Actor (Martin Compston nomination) ⓘ
cinematographyBy Barry Ackroyd ⓘ
classification BBFC 18 certificate in the United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
director Ken Loach ⓘ
distributor Icon Film Distribution ⓘ
editedBy Jonathan Morris ⓘ
filmingLocation Greenock ⓘ
follows Scottish teenager Liam ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
social realism ⓘ
hasNarrativeFocus attempt to build a better life for family ⓘ
mainCharacter Liam ⓘ
motherCharacter Jean ⓘ
musicBy George Fenton ⓘ
notableFor social-realist depiction of working-class life in Scotland ⓘ
use of strong Scottish dialect ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Ken Loach filmography ⓘ
plotSummary A Scottish teenager tries to escape poverty and crime before his mother is released from prison. ⓘ
portrays drug dealing ⓘ
incarceration ⓘ
juvenile delinquency ⓘ
loyalty and betrayal among friends ⓘ
premieredAt Cannes Film Festival ⓘ
producer Rebecca O'Brien ⓘ
productionCompany Icon Entertainment International ⓘ
linked to: Icon Productions

Sixteen Films ⓘ
releaseYear 2002 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 106 ⓘ
screenedInSection Cannes Film Festival Official Selection ⓘ
screenwriter Paul Laverty ⓘ
setInCity Greenock ⓘ
setInCountry Scotland ⓘ
setInPeriod early 2000s ⓘ
stars Annmarie Fulton ⓘ
Martin Compston ⓘ
Michelle Coulter ⓘ
William Ruane ⓘ
theme coming of age ⓘ
crime ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
social inequality ⓘ

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Ken Loach → notableWork → Sweet Sixteen ⓘ
Paul Laverty → wroteScreenplayFor → Sweet Sixteen ⓘ
Rumor Has It → follows → Sweet Sixteen ⓘ
subject linked to: album "Rumor Has It"
Rumor Has It → precededBy → Sweet Sixteen ⓘ
subject linked to: album "Rumor Has It"
Jean → appearsIn → Sweet Sixteen ⓘ
Martin Compston → notableWork → Sweet Sixteen ⓘ
William Ruane → notableWork → Sweet Sixteen ⓘ