This is England

Based on experiences of director Shane Meadows.
This is England: Mods, New Romantics, and Skinheads are the major youth sub-cultures of this very English summer of 1983 and young 12-year-old Shaun (Thomas Turgoose) is left wandering aimlessly alone and lost during the start of his school holidays, until his chance meeting with Woody (Joseph Gilgun) and his fun and friendly Skinhead pack. Finding a new lease of life; girls, parties, Ben Sherman shirts, Doc Martin boots and shaven hairstyles young Shaun is welcomed, life during this summer holiday has got a whole lot better. That is until Combo (Stephen Graham) arrives on the scene bitter, dangerous, racist, militant and psychotic life for young Shaun has just approached his first major crossroads. This is England is a look back at the early eighties of British working-class life through the eyes of young Shaun and his new gang, and dealing with the bitterness of outside influences such as racism. A coming-of-age tale set in 1983 on the streets of a small English coastal town...


Director: Shane Meadows
Writer: Shane Meadows