All I knew to expect from this film was nitty-gritty British realism. I didn’t even know what the story line was, but from the first scene I was gripped - and for much of the time, tense and upset. Director Paul Andrew Williams throws us headfirst into a chaotic and panicky scene in which prostitute Kelly (Lorraine Stanley) hides the petrified 12-year-old Joanne (Georgia Groome) in a public toilet somewhere in London, while she goes out to earn them some money so they can get out of the city. Despite sporting a fresh black-eye, Kelly manages to make some money at King’s Cross and returns with enough cash for them to take a train to Brighton.
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