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.

• DirectorShane Meadows
• Release23 August 1999
• Genre
  Comedy / Drama
• Duration1h 30m
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• Revenue?
• Rate
  

  7.0
  61 reviews
• Productions

  Alliance Atlantis, BBC Film, Arts Council of England, Company Pictures, Big Arty Productions