Liam
2001 · 90 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 2,709 VOTES · DIR. Stephen Frears
Overview
A morality tale of xenophobia, religious prejudice, mob violence, poverty, and their effect on two children in Liverpool during the Depression. When a shipyard closes, Liam and Teresa's dad loses his job. Liam, who's about 8, making his first Holy Communion, gets a regular dose of fire and brimstone at church. Teresa, about 13, has a job as a maid to the Jewish family that owns the closed shipyard. The lady of that house is having an affair, and Teresa becomes an accomplice. Liam stutters terribly, especially when troubled. Dad comes under the sway of the Fascists, who blame cheap Irish labor and Jewish owners. A Molotov cocktail brings things to a head.
Dialogue Timeline — 664 lines
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00:02:03 -You look funny. -Don't talk about her like that.
00:05:09 Ten, nine, eight...
00:08:26 Just come across the sea
00:12:29 Goodnight, Father.
00:17:07 A stain on your soul.
00:21:08 -Told me what? -The yard's closed.
00:24:54 Can anyone tell me what sin does?
00:28:51 Go away!
00:32:05 Get out of my country!
00:35:20 -Ten bob? -You'll get your reward in Heaven.
00:38:44 Teresa. Come in.
00:43:42 First Confession today?
00:47:11 Please, just let me have a check?
00:50:44 Dicky bow, dicky bow. My mom wants the loan of a dicky bow.
00:52:45 You've got a few bob because your husband goes down on his knees...
00:56:48 -Hiya. -Hiya.
00:59:22 Pick one.
01:04:38 God wants you to make your first Holy Communion.
01:07:49 -Why not dress them up nice? -Cause we've got no bleeding money!
01:10:58 They know they'll take your jobs!
01:14:05 You'd say it easily, wouldn't you?
01:16:49 She's nice. She talks nice, she dresses nice and my mom doesn't.
01:20:39 My name's Liam Sullivan. I live at 43 Westbourne Street...
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