Project Detail

The Kid

Synopsis

Kevin Lewis never had a chance. Growing up on a poverty-stricken Council estate in London, beaten and starved by his parents, bullied at school and ultimately abandoned by social services, his life was never his own.

Even after he was put into care, he found himself on the streets caught up in a criminal underworld that knew him as 'The Kid'.

Yet Kevin survived to make a better life for himself. This is his heartbreaking and inspiring true story.

Details

Year
2010
Type of film
Features
Running time
100 mins
Format
16mm
Director
Nick Moran
Producer
Stephen May, Kevin Lewis, Gary Smith
Editor
Trevor Waite
Screenwriter
Kevin Lewis, Nick Moran, Mark Thomas
Director of Photography
Peter Wignall
Production Designer
Russell D'Rozario
Sound
Simon Okin
Music
Iian Eshkeri
Principal cast
Rupert Friend, Natasha McElhone, Ioan Gruffudd, Jodie Whittaker, Augustus Prew, David O' Hara

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Tin House Films Ltd

THE KID Production
2nd Floor
66, Charlotte Street
London W1T 4QE

T +44 (0)7770 756117

judithhuntz@aol.com

Sales Company

Intandem Films PLC

114-116 Charing Cross Road
London WC2H 0JR
UK

T +44 (0)20 7851 3800

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