Sweet sixteen [DVD video]

There's precious little sweetness in Liam's life in the weeks before his 16th birthday: his mother is in prison, and his stepfather Stan is a bullying small-time drug dealer. Liam wants a normal life with mom, his older sister and her baby boy, in a caravan he picked out himself. Naïve, driven Liam comes to the attention of a local crime lord, who offers him employment--but with conditions that are merciless. Liam is locked into a destiny that he can't escape, by a country that has written him off. His dreams of escaping to a better life sabotaged by his own refusal to the misery common to his class.

General Note:

Originally produced as a British motion picture in 2002.

Special features: Director's commentary [audio feature]; Deleted scenes (14 min.).

Performers:

Martin Compston, Annmarie Fulton, William Ruane.

Contents:

Star gazers -- Visiting hours -- Disciplined -- House rules -- Audio letter -- Daft idea -- Informant -- Hard sell -- Home -- Brawl -- Interrogation -- Discussion -- Pizza delivery -- Privacy invaded -- Dirty work -- Up in flames -- Revenge -- Like a brother -- Real deal -- New start -- Party -- Letting go -- Confrontation -- End credits.

Technical Details:

DVD; Dolby digital 5.1; widescreen presentation 16x9.

Subject Term:

Teenage boys -- Drama.

Teenagers -- Scotland -- Drama.

Drug dealers -- Drama.

Families -- Scotland -- Greenock -- Drama.

Criminal behavior -- Scotland -- Greenock -- Drama.

Geographic Term:

Greenock (Scotland)

Genre:

Feature films.