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Nowhere Boy (2009)
★ 7.2 · 858 ratings on TMDB
As a boy all John Lennon needed was love.
A rebellious teenager, future Beatle John Lennon lives with his Aunt Mimi in working-class mid-1950s Liverpool, England. Mimi's husband suddenly dies, and John spies his mother Julia at the funeral. Despite Mimi's misgivings, John intends to have a real relationship with his mother. Julia introduces him to popular music and the banjo and, though a family conflict looms, young John is inspired to form his own band.
DirectorSam Taylor-Johnson
CastAaron Taylor-Johnson, Andrew Buchan, Anne-Marie Duff, David Morrissey, David Threlfall, James Johnson
GenresDrama
The emergence reading
Nowhere Boy keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.
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