Son of Rambow

Son of Rambow...

There was a time when Corona bottles filled the shelves of supermarkets. When French exchange students meant glamour, You could smoke in the cinema. Where being able to draw well, was a major skill.
This is a period piece. There are TV's mounted on two legs. There is a map of a divided Germany on the wall. It is  the glorious long summers of our school holidays
Yet the modern world we know is just around the corner . We see a nurse smoking outside the care home.  Lee Carter, one of the characters dreams, of exhibiting his work on Screentest. Surely the grand daddy of Youtube.
Yet Will Proudfoot, the lead. Is hidden from this world. A member of the Plymouth brethren.  He is forbidden, from watching Television.  Whilst his geography classmates watching and learning about Ox bow lakes. He spends his days sitting in the corridor.
This is when he comes into contact with Lee Carter. Lee Carter is  a scab. These days, he would be called, perhaps a Spide, or a Chav.
Lee lives in the Shadow of his older brother. Will, lives in the Shadow of his father. Whom he lost a year or two before.
Yet through Art, in this case film making, both boys develop a fast friendship. Becoming blood brothers, Through Art, the boys are drawn together and almost torn apart. Art, takes, Will and Lee into the sixth form common room. Where they dance with the French exchange student, smell erasers and get tattoos, tattoos which wash off in water.

Adam, from TV's Adam and Joe makes an appearance as a science teacher. A Science teacher, who has to endure a practical joke at the hands of his colleagues
The Corona bottles in the shop, the Ever ready, batteries. The Ambulance driver uniforms. The period detail is beautiful.
The 6th formers, drink Coke, and eat nerds. :)
Go and see it its Skill