Nowhere Boy

Nowhere Boy

“A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.”
~John Lennoon

At Fifteen all John Lennon Needed was Love

Liverpool 1955, a smart and troubled fifteen-year-old is hungry for experience and a desire to escape the complexities of his family life and the petty-minded mentality of post-war Britain.

Family Secrets

In a family full of secrets, two strong women clash over john (Aaron Johnson): Julia (Anne-Marie Duff), the free-spirited mother for personal reasons gave John Lennon away in his infancy – and sister Mimi (Kristin Scott Thomas), the buttoned-up aunt who stepped in and raised Lennon.

Escape through Music

Lennon grasps at music as his escape path and in particular the brand-new import from America – rock ‘n’ roll. The fledgling musician forms the band that eventually becomes the Beatles and then finds a kindred spirit in teenage Paul McCartney (Thomas Brodie Sangster). Just as Lennon is embarking on his new life, tragedy strikes. But Lennon channels his anger and personal pain into creativity and making music. The story ends as the young man leaves home and heads to Hamburg with his band. The rest truly is history…
Nowhere Boy captures and conveys the crucial formative teenage years of Lennon. For the first time on screen, it depicts the events and personal circumstances that led to the formation of the Beatles – and the underlying family currents that shaped and molded the creative inspirational qualities of Lennon. Qualities that had a revolutionary impact on the world during his brief 40 years of life – and that continue to have immense effect 30 years after his death.

Cast

Aaron Johnson, Anne-Marie-Duff and Kristin Scott Thomas

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