A Room for Romeo Brass (1999)
Director
Shane Meadows
Main cast
Paddy Considine; Andrew Shim; Martin Arrowsmith; Dave Blant; Darren O. Campbell
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Foreign
Description
Two twelve-year-old boys, Romeo and Gavin, undergo an extraordinary test of character and friendship when Morell, a naive but eccentric and dangerous stranger, comes between them. Morell befriends with the two boys and later asks them to help him pursue Romeo's beautiful elder sister. He gradually becomes more violent after she rejects him.
Shane Meadows
Main cast
Paddy Considine; Andrew Shim; Martin Arrowsmith; Dave Blant; Darren O. Campbell
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Foreign
Description
Two twelve-year-old boys, Romeo and Gavin, undergo an extraordinary test of character and friendship when Morell, a naive but eccentric and dangerous stranger, comes between them. Morell befriends with the two boys and later asks them to help him pursue Romeo's beautiful elder sister. He gradually becomes more violent after she rejects him.
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