Somers Town

Aug 22, 2008

1h 11m

★ 6.8

Overview

Two teenagers, both newcomers to London, forge an unlikely friendship over the course of a hot summer. Tomo is a runaway from Nottingham; Marek lives in the district of Somers Town, between King's Cross and Euston stations, where his dad is working on a new rail link.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Big Arty Productions

Somers Town Trailers

Cast

Tomo

Thomas Turgoose

Marek

Piotr Jagiello

Maria

Elisa Lasowski

Jane

Kate Dickie

Graham

Perry Benson

Mariusz

Ireneusz Czop

Cafe Owner

Huggy Leaver

Angry Resident

Trevor Cooper

Construction Worker

Mark Monero

Construction Worker

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