Lecture given on Somers Town

The notes below are from the lecture given about Somers Town

Somers Town is similar to films from 1960’s films with similar genres. It was the first film to be filmed in London whilst the Euro star train tunnel was being built. It is about outsiders, social realism and showing the identity and class of the characters in the film. Shane Meadows the director is a working class director, showing his identity through the film. Somers Town is about two boys, one from the Midlands who had travelled to London because there is no one there for him back in the Midlands, this character is known as Tomo, The second boy (Marek) has travelled from Poland with his dad because his dad his helping in the construction of the Euro star tunnel. Tomo has lost his identity, and Marek is a photographer, because whilst his dad is at work he travels around his local area in London taking many photos. The genre of this film is comedy, the theme is of the Euro star signified by Maria the sophisticated French women who works in the café but then moves back to France.