| Overview: | "Liam" a is a vivid and moving depiction of a family's struggle to weather the ravages of depression era Liverpool from two of Britain's foremost creative talents, director Stephen Frears ("High Fidelity", "Dangerous Liaisons") and writer Jimmy McGovern ("Cracker", "Hillsborough").
The story is told through the eyes of Liam, the youngest child of a close-knit Catholic family. Money is tight, but his family is a happy one; his mother is caring and devout and his father (Ian Hart) is a responsible and proud working man. But when hard times hit the Liverpool docks, Liam's father loses his job and, helpless and embittered, he embarks on a desperate course of action that will change Liam's world forever.
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