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Jun 20, 2009

1h 22m

★ 3.4

Overview

Nicole is an introverted Liverpudlian teenager, all but deserted by her parents, with a mother distractedly working nights and a father who has settled with a new family elsewhere. She spends time hanging around the gates of Anfield and the Melwood training ground, desperate for a glimpse of her idol, the star midfielder Lee Cassidy. She Meets aspirant WAG Jasmine, who is from an affluent family, more glamorous and streetwise, yet the girls' shared adoration to Cassidy lead them to bond instantly. They trawl the city and its nightspots, fantasizing about a time when they might have Lee for themselves, yet when the news breaks that the footballer is a transfer target for Real Madrid, they take drastic action to prevent him leaving.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

The Liverpool Culture Company

BBC Film

Sponge Films

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Cast

Nicole

Kerrie Hayes

Jasmine

Nichola Burley

Lee

Jamie Doyle

Eddie

Gary Cartwright

John

Derek Hicks

Jode

Laura Wallace

Angie

Sarah Jane Buckley

Dave

Nick Moss

Glamorous girl

Candy McCulloch

Glamorous girl's friend

Jordana

Drunk lad

Chris Lindon

TV newsreader

Simon O'Brien

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5.7

I taket lyser stjärnorna

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6.7

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5.5

Irresistible

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6.0

Year of the Turtle

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6.0

Princess Fragrance

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5.2

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4.8

The Abductors

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6.3

The Jammed

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4.9

Her Best Move

Mar 31, 2007

15 year-old soccer prodigy, Sara Davis, has a chance to join the U.S. National Team, but she must juggle high school, romance, sports, and parental pressure while deciding her own priorities.

6.6

Morvern Callar

Nov 1, 2002

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4.9

Go Fish

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6.3

King Creole

Jul 2, 1958

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5.3

Fear City

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6.4

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

Dec 25, 1942

In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from the Gestapo and brings him to England, where he quickly falls into the clutches of the evil Professor Moriarty.

6.7

Kite

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5.6

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Panic attacks and memory loss signal the plight of a writer whose body is inexplicably being taken over by another woman.

6.5

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6.2

Stander

Oct 10, 2003

The life and career of Andre Stander, a South African police officer turned bank robber.

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