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Nowhere Boy

2009
1h 38m
Biography/Drama/Music
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Cast

Aaron Taylor-Johnson (John)Kristin Scott Thomas (Mimi)Anne-Marie Duff (Julia)David Threlfall (Uncle George)Josh Bolt (Pete)Ophelia Lovibond (Marie)Kerrie Hayes (Marie's Friend)Angela Walsh (Schoolmistress)Paul Ritter (Popjoy)Richard Syms (Reverend)James Johnson (Stan)Alex Ambrose (Young John)Angelica Jopling (Julia - aged 8)Abby Greenhalgh (Jackie - aged 6)David Morrissey (Bobby)Richard Tate (Teacher)Chris Coghill (Cunard Yank)Ben Smith (Boy with Knife)

Director

Sam Taylor-Johnson

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Synopsis

A chronicle of John Lennon's first years, focused mainly in his adolescence and his relationship with his stern aunt Mimi, who raised him, and his absentee mother Julia, who re-entered his life at a crucial moment in his young life.

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