Two teenagers, both newcomers  to London, forge an unlikely friendship over the course of a hot summer in  this dramatic comedy from award-winning director Shane Meadows (This Is  England, Dead Man’s Shoes, TwentyFourSeven). Tomo (Thomas Turgoose of This Is England) is a runaway from Nottingham; Marek (Piotr Jagiello),  a Polish immigrant, lives in the district of Somers Town, between King's Cross  and Euston stations, where his dad is working on a new rail link. When Marek  agrees to let homeless Tomo move into his room, unbeknownst to his father, the  pair forms a strong bond, as they work odd jobs for an eccentric neighbor and  compete for the attention of Maria (Elisa Lasowski), a beautiful young French  waitress with whom they are both infatuated. But it's only a matter of time  before Marek's dad discovers what's going on . . .  Winner of the Best Actor award (for both young leads) at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, as well as the  Best New British Feature award at the 2008 Edinburgh Film Festival.

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Written by Paul Fraser. With Thomas Turgoose, Piotr Jagiello, Elisa Lasowski (70 min).