This Is England

Set in a bleak coastal town during the summertime school holidays, 12 year old Shaun (Thomas Tugoose) is having trouble wondering how to fill his time during the long six week summer school break. Being the son of a one parent family, whose father was killed during the Falklands war and feeling very isolated, the bored Shaun soon becomes involved with the local skinhead gang. He is led in to a new world of parties, booze and girls. Whilst hanging out with his new ‘friends’ Shaun is introduced to an older skinhead Combo (Stephen Graham) who is a racist skinhead who has just been released from prison. Combo takes young Shaun under his wing and together with the rest of the gang they start to harass the local ethnic majority. This new life style sets Shaun on a journey of discovery that will rob him of his innocence.