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The Wee Man

Synopsis

1970's Blackhill, Glasgow: 11-year-old Paul Ferris has learned quickly that life on the street is tough. Everyone knows their place. Poverty breeds corruption, crime, violence and bullying. Growing up immersed in a culture of crime, Ferris finally snaps when tormented one too many times by a vicious gang of bullying neighbourhood brothers who have made his childhood a living hell. Now in his late teens, despite his father's advice and in the frustrated knowledge that the law enforcement and police do nothing to help, he decides to take on his tormentors alone and systematically wreak vengeance on them.

Details

Year
2013
Type of film
Features
Director
Ray Burdis
Producer
Mike Loveday
Executive Producer
Billy Murray, Shail Shah
Editor
Will Gilbey
Screenwriter
Ray Burdis
Director of Photography
Ali Asad
Production Designer
Belinda Cusmano, Alice Norris
Composer
John Beckett
Principal cast
Patrick Bergin, Hannah Blamires, Steven Borrie

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Carnaby International

New London House
172 Drury Lane
London
WC2B 5QR
UK
Tel: +44 (0)80 0022 3345
Fax:+44 (0)8704 586 282

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