27° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL

NOWHERE BOY

NOWHERE BOY

Country: UK
Year: 2009
Duration: 96\'


NOWHERE BOY
John was separated from his mother when he was only five years old and was brought up by his strict Aunt Mimi. The boy’s childhood is marked by the coldness and silence of his aunt, who keeps the family’s secrets. When John turns fifteen he discovers that his mother Julia, who he thought was far away, actually lives only a few kilometers away with her new family. Julia is a source of constant surprises for her son. Her personality is the opposite of Mimi’s, she helps him discover rock’n’roll and Elvis’ movies, feeding his passion for music. During those months of revelations and radical change, John meets the guitarist Paul and, when Julia suddenly dies, he and Paul throw themselves into the adventure known as the Beatles.


“There were many levels on which this film appealed to me. I felt I could understand where Lennon came from because of his creative mind and the occasional moments I border on thinking I might be mad because my mind never stops! I think also both of us had turbulent backgrounds so there were lots of parallels and many elements about the story I felt akin to”.

Biography

film director

Sam Taylor Wood

Sam Taylor Wood (London, United Kingdom, 1967) graduated from Goldsmiths College and was identified as a member of the Young British Artists’ movement. She has had numerous worldwide group and solo exhibitions and won the Illycaffe Award at the Venice Biennale (1997). She exhibited her works at Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid (2000), MCA, Moscow (2004), MCA Sydney (2006). In 2008, she directed her first narrative short film Love You More which was screened in main competition for the Palme d’or at the Cannes Film Festival. It was also nominated for a BAFTA in 2009. Nowhere Boy is her feature film directorial debut.

FILMOGRAFIA

Love You More (cm, 2008), Nowhere Boy (2009).

Cast

& Credits

regia/director
Sam Taylor Wood
soggetto/story
dal libro/from the book Imagine This di/by Julia Baird
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Matt Greenhalgh
fotografia/cinematography
Seamus McGarvey
montaggio/film editing
Lisa Gunning
costumi/costume design
Julian Day
musica/music
John Gosling, Emre Ramazanoglu, Ben Parker, Ben Lee
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Aaron Johnson (John Lennon), Kristin Scott Thomas (Mimi Smith), Thomas Sangster (Paul McCartney), Anne-Marie Duff (Julia Lennon), David Morrissey (Bobby Dykins), Ophelia Lovibond (Marie Kennedy), Sam Bell (George Harrison), Jack McElhone (Eric Griffiths), Josh Bolt (Pete Shotton)
produttori/producers
Robert Bernstein, Kevin Loader, Douglas Rae
produzione/production
Ecosse Films, Film4, UK Film Council’s Premiere Fund, NorthWest Vision and Media, Lip Sync Productions, Aver Media
distribuzione/distribution
01 Distribution
vendita all’estero/world sales
HanWay Films
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