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Somers Town

Somers Town

2008Movie⏱️ 1h 11mNot Rated
ComedyDrama
6.8
IMDB Rating
6,885 votes

A black-and-white study of a social environment in London, concentrating on a pair of unlikely new friends and the girl they both fancy.

Director
Shane Meadows
Writers
Paul Fraser, Mother Vision
Stars
Piotr Jagiello, Ireneusz Czop, Perry Benson
Release Date
July 15, 2009
Language
English, Polish, French
Country
United Kingdom
🏆 3
Wins
🎯 6
Nominations
💬 34
Reviews
📋 7.4K
Watchlists
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🎭 Top Cast

Piotr Jagiello
Piotr Jagiello
as Marek
Ireneusz Czop
Ireneusz Czop
as Mariusz
👤
Perry Benson
as Graham
Thomas Turgoose
Thomas Turgoose
as Tomo
Kate Dickie
Kate Dickie
as Jane
👤
Wojciech Olczak
as Polish Friend
👤
Wojtek Macierznski
as Polish Friend
Ben Porter
Ben Porter
as Office Worker
👤
Jamie Belman
as Office Worker
Steven Hillman
Steven Hillman
as Construction Worker

💰 Box Office

$1,189,186
Worldwide Gross

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Sound
Dolby Digital
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Champ de Mars, Paris 7, Paris, France
Production
Big Arty Productions, Mother Vision, Tomboy Films

🏷️ Keywords

friendship between boyssacre coeur pariscolordeckchairgirl

🎯 Categories

ComedyDrama

⭐ Featured Review

Too much of too little
by Otoboke2008-08-27

"Somers Town is a typical example of an indie film made for the sake of being indie; it's distilled, slow moving and at times poignantly moving in as much of an anti-melodramatic manner as possible, yet it's also blatantly empty, pointless and more often than not, unremarkable. Coming off of his critically acclaimed This Is England, director Shane Meadows here crafts a mostly pedestrian feature that doesn't quite understand the distinction between meditative and sleepy. Sure enough it can be an amusing seventy minutes, with some nice scenes between two very capable actors who pla..."

💡 Did You Know?

When Maria is speaking to the French man in the café where she works, the man is in fact talking about his digestion problems.

📖 Synopsis

A black-and-white study of a social environment in London, concentrating on a pair of unlikely new friends and the girl they both fancy.