Sweet Sixteen (2002 film)

Sweet Sixteen
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKen Loach
Screenplay byPaul Laverty
Produced byRebecca O'Brien
Starring
CinematographyBarry Ackroyd
Edited byJonathan Morris
Music byGeorge Fenton
Production
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Distributed by
Release dates
  • 21 May 2002 (2002-05-21) (Cannes)
  • 4 October 2002 (2002-10-04) (United Kingdom)
  • 10 January 2003 (2003-01-10) (Spain)
  • 26 June 2003 (2003-06-26) (Germany)
Running time
106 minutes[1]
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • Germany
  • Spain
Languages
  • English
  • Scots
Box office$3.9 million[1]

Sweet Sixteen is a 2002 coming-of-age crime drama film directed by Ken Loach. Set in Scotland, the film tells the story of Liam, a teenage boy from a troubled background who dreams of starting afresh with his mother as soon as she has completed her prison term. Liam's attempts to raise money for the two of them are set against the backdrop of the Inverclyde towns of Greenock, Port Glasgow and the coast at Gourock.

The film is an international co-production of the United Kingdom, Germany and Spain.[2] It is often shown with subtitles because, as with many of Loach's films, the dialogue is extensively in a local dialect, in this case the Inverclyde variant of Scottish English and Scots,[3] a similar dialect and accent to Glaswegian.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Sweet Sixteen (2002)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Sweet Sixteen". Cineuropa. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  3. ^ "'English' subtitles on film set in Scotland". The Herald. Glasgow. 21 February 2005. Archived from the original on 27 October 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Loach film may be subtitled for English audience". The Independent. 23 July 2002. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2018.