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Article: Harrowing ; and ; touching; The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival brings remarkable movies to Boston
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- The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
- Article date:
- January 18, 2003
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By CONSTANCE GORFINKLE
For The Patriot Ledger
Liam hasn't been to school for months. He and his friend Pinball
spend most of their time selling cheap cigarettes in pubs.
Liam hopes the money will help him make a better life for his
mother when she gets out of jail, just in time for his 16th birthday.
If that scenario sounds bleak, Liam is nevertheless full of optimism,
even when his mother's boyfriend - on a visit to the jail - makes him
hide drugs in his mouth that she plans to sell to other convicts. A
young hustler on the way up, Liam finally gets a chance to make real
money when he hooks up with a crime kingpin and earns enough to buy
his mother a mobile home. Such is life on the ...