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Film details
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Featuring
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Director
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Countries
Spain France United Kingdom Germany Italy
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Year
2002
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Genre
Drama
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Alternative titles
- Sixteen Working
- Dulces 16 Working
Introduction
“Paul Laverty is the perfect collaborator for Loach; his politics are just as passionate, but his eye for character is tender and true. That's why Loach is at his best with Sweet Sixteen.”
Alan Morrison, www.empireonline.com
A fifteen-year-old attempts to escape the poverty of Greenock through drug-dealing. Thrown out of home, and with his mother in prison, young Liam (Martin Compston) is a working-class outsider with few options to better his lot, a familiar character in Loach’s cinema. When the film was released, an essay about the effects of poverty on children accompanied screenings.
Once again, Loach cast a non-professional in the main role – Martin Compston, a young professional footballer, won a Scottish BAFTA for his performance, and has continued to work in film. Frequent collaborator Paul Laverty lightens the grim subject matter with a witty and perceptive script, which won him an award at the Cannes film festival.
The end of Sweet Sixteen references François Truffaut’s The 400 Blows (1959), another study of a troubled adolescent.
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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Liam
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Chantelle
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Pinball
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Suzanne
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Jean
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Stan
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Rab
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Calum
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Scullion
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Tony
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Tony's gang
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Tony's gang
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Tony's gang
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Douglas
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Night-Time
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Side-Kick
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Davi-Vampire
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pizza boy
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pizza boy
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pizza boy
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motorbike policeman
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truck driver
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three-legged dog
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barmaid
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caravan site manager
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mugger
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mugger
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mugger
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cold pizza man
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woman on stairs
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Credits
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Direction:
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Director
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Assistant Director (1st)
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Assistant Director (2nd)
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Assistant Director (3rd)
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Script Supervisor
Production:
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©/Production Company
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©/Production Company
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©/Production Company
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©/Production Company
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Presented by
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Presented by
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Presented with the support of
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Developed with financial assistance from
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[Production Company]
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[International sales]
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Producer
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Co-producer
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Co-producer
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Line Producer
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Production
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Production
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Production
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Road Movies Team
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Road Movies Team
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Road Movies Team
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Road Movies Team
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Road Movies Team
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Road Movies Team
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Road Movies Team
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Road Movies Team
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Road Movies Team
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Road Movies Team
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Production Co-ordinator
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German Production
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German Production
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Production Accountant
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Location Manager
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Location Assistant
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Production Assistant
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Production Assistant
Writing:
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Screenplay
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Script Consultant
Photography:
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Director of Photography
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Focus Puller
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Clapper Loader
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Clapper Loader
Stills:
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Stills Photography
Special Effects:
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Special Effects
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Special Effects
Editing:
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Editor
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1st Assistant Editor
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2nd Assistant Editor
Design:
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Production Designer
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Art Director
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Assistant Art Director
Costumes:
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Costume Designer
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Costume Assistant
Make-up:
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Make-up
Titles:
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Titles Design
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Titles Design
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Titles
Music:
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Music
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Music Performed/Produced by
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Music Performed/Produced by
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Music Performed/Produced by
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Soprano Saxophone
Sound:
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Music Recorded by
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Sound Recordist
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Sound Assistant
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Boom Operator
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Sound Re-recording
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Sound Re-recording
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Sound Re-recording
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Supervising Sound Editor
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[Sound] FX Editor
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Foley (Artiste)
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Foley (Artiste)
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Foley (Re-recording Mixer)
Stunts:
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Stunt Co-ordinator
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Stunt Co-ordinator
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Stunt Performer
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Stunt Performer
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Stunt Performer
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Stunt Performer
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Stunt Performer
Consultant:
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Research
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