Fresh
As a portrait of stasis brought on by poverty and a study of youthful abandon gone sour in the face of zero opportunities, this is sensitive stuff, even if there's little that's surprising.
Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Overview
Shaun and Daz are vibrant kids, wasted by their experience of education. All they have is friendship and Shaun's first love Katy. From the moment Shaun steps into our world he is bound to lose. Labeled as a violent bully he destroys himself and Daz with him. Shaun has twelve years to reflect on an intense summer of love, sex and loyalty. But Daz's imminent death forces Shaun to confront his past.
Director and cast
- Kenneth Glenaan Director
- Robert Carlyle as Shaun
- Steve Evets as Daz
- Rachael Blake as Katy
- Michael Socha as Daniel
- Kate Dickie as Janice
- Joe Doherty as the young Daz
- Sean Kelly as Shaun as a teenager
- Jo Doherty as Daz as a teenager
- Joanna Tulej as Katy as a teenager
- Matthew Workman as Shaun as a child
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