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England Is Mine

By on May 22, 2019

Scottish actor Jack Lowden plays Steven Patrick Morrissey in this biographical drama film about the singer’s teenage years growing up in 1970 Manchester.

His father wants him to get a job, his mother wants him to follow his passion for writing, and Steven doesn’t quite know what he wants to do. His friend, artist Linder Sterling, inspires him to continue to write lyrics and urges him to start to perform, but she eventually moves to London.

Forced to earn a living and fit in with society, Steven’s frustrations and setbacks continue to mount. Although he eventually writes some songs with guitarist Billy Duffy until Duffy breaks it off, and he tries his hand at singing and enjoys it, nothing substantially changes in his life, and Steven seems at the end of his rope.

At the end of the film, guitarist Johnny Marr with whom he would go on to form The Smiths shows up on his doorstep.

In Tokyo theatres May 31.   Age 16+

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