When I Was 12 (2001)

9.0/10 83 min Drama

Overview

Newly arrived on a Burnley housing estate is twelve-year-old Chloe, who, with her alcoholic single mother and abusive older brother, has been re-housed for the umpteenth time. When Chloe finds a kindred spirit in Lee, a young boy with a similarly dysfunctional family, she sees an opportunity to escape from her mother and brother.

Cast

Leo Gregory

Paul

Jody Latham

Lee

Neil Bell

Neil

Lisa Millett

Mother

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