Sixteen (2015)

General Film, Thriller

https://youtu.be/1fNPaxwi_A4

Director: Rob Brown

Writer(s): Rob Brown

Starring: Roger Jean Nsengiyumva, Rachael Stirling, Rosie Day, Fady Elsayed, Sam Spruell, Alexis Zegerman, Christopher Simpson, Deon Lee-Williams, Dave Hill, Mercedes Grower, Christopher Hamilton, Heidi Gowthorpe, Roger Harrison, David Warren, Jamie Fallows, Rodney Trotter, Daisy Alton, Annabel Armstrong, Poppy Armstrong, Tesa Attrill, Chiharrow Austin, Mason John Biggam, Luisa Charles, Benedict Flett, Harry Gallagher, Stephen Johnson, Adam Laidlow, Imogen Lathbury, Mia Lysandrou, Sophie Norris, Georgie Quilter-Wood, Hamish Rea, Adam Scales, Charlie James Taylor, Jenna Taylor, Leonie Wright

Synopsis: SIXTEEN is an urban thriller about an African former child soldier called Jumah was brought to London by Laura, an aid worker who he now lives with. Jumah is about to turn 16 in two days and wants to leave his violent past behind him. Things seem to have taken a turn for the better with Jumah now; he has a sweet but tentative romance blossoming with a girl at school. But then Jumah witnesses a stabbing and the people involved want to make sure that he says nothing to the police about what he saw that night. Pressure mounts as violence forces it’s way back into Jumah’s life.

Release Date: October 14, 2013 (USA) | Length: 80 min | Genre: Thriller | MPAA Rating: NR

Note: Premiered at the London Film Festival in 2013.