Three teenagers forced to leave their family, friends and homes behind learn to live in yet another hostile country. That country is the UK.
Goodison’s ace is his cast: when he just lets us watch them, their natural warmth provides all the conviction needed.
Authentic, important, patchy.
Goodison displays a sure, Shane Meadows-like touch with his lively unknown leads, and finds eloquent, cinematic ways of describing their hopes, dreams and fears.
The subject matter is downbeat but Goodison, helped by a likeable young cast, brings moments of humour and lyricism to the storytelling.
This ambitious low-budget feature lends an authentic voice to often marginalised figures.
Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow from Saturday July 12, 2014, until Sunday July 13, 2014. More info: http://www.glasgowfilm.org/theatre/
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