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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
Clarke again uses a stripped-back, confrontational style to examine a volatile young offender colliding with authority, with the same raw immediacy and refusal to soften institutional cruelty.
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Why this pick
Its working-class texture, young male vulnerability and sudden eruptions of intimidation echo Scum’s bruising realism, while keeping the focus firmly on belonging and power.
03
Why this pick
For Scum’s uncompromising social realism and abrasive masculine dynamics, this offers an equally raw, intimate view of violence, loyalty and damage in a working-class community.
04
Why this pick
Its prison hierarchy and a young man’s pressured adaptation preserve the tension of Scum’s institutional power games, though in a more expansive and visually controlled crime drama.
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Why this pick
A severe youth-detention drama with a similarly claustrophobic sense of authority, humiliation and escalating violence, driven by the boys’ unstable bonds.
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01 / THE STORY
Three young men arrive at borstal by prison van: Carlin, who has taken the blame for his brother's theft of scrap metal; Angel for stealing a car and Davis for escaping from an open institution. Each is allocated a room; Angel and Davis get private rooms while Carlin is sent to a dormitory.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Archer
Davis
Banks
Mr. Sands
Governor
Goodyear
Eckersley
Meakin
