Melancholy and surprisingly unpredictable, this resolutely unsentimental film was inspired by an English documentary series about homeless teenagers. Glasgow-raised Stella (Kelly Macdonald) is a London streetwalker beholden to the manipulative Mr. Peters
(James Bolam), who uses her desperate need for a father figure to keep her in his stable of schoolgirl tootsies. Haunted by memories of her abusive father (Ewan Stewart) and the embittered aunt (Joyce Henderson) who belittled her as a child, Stella nevertheless holds onto her belief that someday
she'll make a different life for herself. After Belle (Emma Faulkner), another of Mr. Peters's girls, is brutalized by a ...
Released:
1996
Rated:
NR
Length:
87 mins