Kidulthood
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| Directed by | Menhaj Huda |
| Produced by | Menhaj Huda Amir Madani George Isaac Damian Jones |
| Written by | Noel Clarke |
| Starring |
Aml Ameen Red Madrell Adam Deacon Jaime Winstone Femi Oyeniran Madeleine Fairley Cornell John Kate Magowan Pierre Mascolo Rafe Spall Noel Clarke |
| Music by | The Angel |
| Cinematography | Brian Tufano |
| Edited by | Victoria Boydell |
| Distributed by | Revolver Entertainment |
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91 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £600,000 |
| Box office | £1,530,876 |
Kidulthood (rendered as KiDULTHOOD) is a 2006 British drama film about the life of several teenagers in Ladbroke Grove and Latimer Road area of inner west London. It was directed by Menhaj Huda and written by Noel Clarke, who also stars in the film and directed the sequel Adulthood. The majority of the characters in the film generally behave in a violent and lawless manner, engaging in crime, sex, and recreational drug taking.
Set in 2002, the film follows two days in the lives of a group of 15-year-olds from a mixed-income area of West London. The story focuses mainly upon the antihero Trevor, known as "Trife" (Aml Ameen), and Alisa (Red Madrell), his sometime partner. One of the themes of the movie is Alisa's pregnancy. She tries to state that Trife is the father. Trife thinks Sam is the father of the baby, and therefore Trife is unhappy with this news.
Student Katie (Rebecca Martin), is being physically and emotionally bullied by a group of girls led by Shaneek (Stephanie Di Rubbo) and school bully, Sam Peel (Noel Clarke) also acts menacingly towards her. Her parents do not know the extent of this bullying. After being picked up from school, a distraught Katie flees to her bedroom, writes a note and hangs herself. The students are then given a day off for mourning, but instead prepare for jubilations. Trevor and his best school acquaintances: Jay (Adam Deacon), and Moony (Femi Oyeniran) spend the day pilfering, trying to talk to women and advance upon them in a sexual manner, drinking alcohol and smoking cannabis. Alisa and her friend Becky (Jaime Winstone) decide to get drunk and high before the party, despite Alisa's pregnancy. Alisa has recently discovered that she is pregnant and she is unsure as to how to cope with the news. Becky takes Alisa to an older man's house where they perform sexual acts in return for drugs. Becky is the instigator and Alisa feels that she has to follow her friend's actions. Meanwhile, the boys trick their way into Sam's house in order to retrieve a Game Boy he had stolen earlier, they then proceed to steal Sam's cannabis and Jay has sex with Sam's girlfriend, Claire (Madeleine Fairley). When Sam returns and threatens them, the boys hit him with a keyboard and escape along with Claire. In the process, they knock Sam's mother to the floor.
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