Kidulthood
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| Directed by | Menhaj Huda |
| Produced by | George Isaac Menhaj Huda Damian Jones |
| Written by | Noel Clarke |
| Starring | Noel Clarke |
| Distributed by | Revolver Entertainment |
| Running time | 89 min. |
| Language | English |
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Kidulthood is a very real 2006 British film about the life of several fifteen-year-olds in a deprived area of London. It was directed by Menhaj Huda and written by Noel Clarke, who also appears in the film.
It has had comparisons to La Haine, A Clockwork Orange and Kids.
There are graphic scenes of drug use, violence, casual sex and organised crime.
Tagline: Before adulthood comes...
[edit] Synopsis
The film uses the 'day in the life of' device, beginning with a group of kids getting the day off school after a middle-class classmate's (Katie's) suicide after being bullied and slowly building up to the climactic house party.
The film revolves around three west London teenagers Trife (Aml Ameen) Jay (Adam Deacon) and Moony (Femi Oyeniran).
Trife is worried about his girlfriend. He is being tempted by the gangster lifestyle by his uncle, but his girlfriend Alisa (Red Madrell) offers a chance to a better life. However, a rumour that Alisa has slept with someone else might influence this life-changing decision. Trife also has to deal with the school bully, Sam (Noel Clarke), who is out for revenge after Jay steals his girlfriend Claire (Madeleine Fairley), and after the trio (Trife, Jay and Moony) beat him up in his own house.
At the same time, Alisa has just learnt that she’s pregnant and her friend Becky (Jamie Winstone) wants to take her out on a drug and shopping binge. The film heads toward a conclusion with Katie's brother set on revenge at his sister’s suicide and Sam looking for payback. Trife is seriously injured by Sam after a blow to the stomach with a basball bat (which later killed him, confirmed by an interview with Noel Clark on the DVD), but rather than let Katie's brother kill Sam with Trife prevents the sitaution with his last words of, 'He's not worth it.'
[edit] Trivia
- The MC at the house party at the end is Opus One, from London band Arkane and the track is called "Supo Mungam". The music video to the song, which contains clips from Kidulthood, can be found here.
- The actor Aml Ameen (Trife) plays PC Lewis Hardy in the long-running ITV police series The Bill, this being his most famous and popular role to date.
[edit] External links
- Offical website
- Kidulthood at the Internet Movie Database
- Kidulthood at Myspace
- Review in Guardian.co.uk by Miranda Sawyer
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