Cinetrā
Cinetrā
Cinetrā
A morality tale of xenophobia, religious prejudice, mob violence, poverty, and their effect on two children in Liverpool during the Depression. When a shipyard closes, Liam and Teresa's dad loses his job. Liam, who's about 8, making his first Holy Communion, gets a regular dose of fire and brimstone at church. Teresa, about 13, has a job as a maid to the Jewish family that owns the closed shipyard. The lady of that house is having an affair, and Teresa becomes an accomplice. Liam stutters terribly, especially when troubled. Dad comes under the sway of the Fascists, who blame cheap Irish labor and Jewish owners. A Molotov cocktail brings things to a head.
Toronto International Film Festival 2000
Cast: Ian Hart, Claire Hackett, Anthony Borrows, Dave Hart, Megan Burns, Anne Reid, Russell Dixon, Jane Gurnett, Gema Loveday, Julia Deakin, Andrew Schofield, Martin Hancock, David Knopov, Arnold Brown, James Foy, Bernadette Shortt, David Carey, Sylvia Gatril, Chris Darwin, Stephen Walters
Writer: Jimmy McGovern (Writer)
Cinematographer: Andrew Dunn
Production Designer: Hannah Moseley, Stephen Fineren
Editor: Kristina Hetherington
Sound Designer: Peter Joly
Composer: John Murphy
Costume Designer: Alexandra Caulfield
Casting Director: Leo Davis, Pippa Hall
Direction team: Trevor Gittings (First Assistant Director), William Dutton (Second Assistant Director), Dorothy Friend (Script Supervisor)
Producers: Michael André, Sally Hibbin, Tessa Ross
Production: BBC, Liam Films, Road Movies
