Campus Film Series

This Is England

Thursday-Sunday, March 27-30
Davies Theatre | 6pm & 8:30pm

Based on incidents from his own childhood, writer-director
Shane Meadows's This Is England is a stunning, brutal look at
1983 Britain, during the conservative Margaret Thatcher regime
and the controversial Falklands War. Shaun (Thomas Turgoose),
an isolated 12-year-old who has lost his father in the war, seems unable to fit in with the world around him. A chance meeting with
the local skinhead gang offers him both friendship and the possibility of finding the father figure he has been seeking. Named Best Film
at the British Independent Film Awards. “The script and direction
are virtually flawless” (San Francisco Chronicle)

UK 2006 | 101min | color | NR | Directed by Shane Meadows | UAC

Official Site: www.thisisenglandmovie.co.uk