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Titles:
- A Sixteen Film - signals the film's pedigree to Ken Loach devotees, as does the director's name
- co-productions - with Bianca Films, EMC and Tornasol Films in a British/Italian/German/Spanish Co-production in association with Matador Pictures and Scottish Screen and with the support of Diaphana Distribution Cineart and The Glasgow Office. This copy reflects that Loach has regularly secured funding through co-productions with European partners
- dedication - to the memory of Martin Johnson, production designer on a dozen Loach films, including this, his last one
Images
- The opening nightclub scene establishes where young Glaswegians from different ethnic backgrounds (Sikh, muslim, Pakistani, white) mix, dance, relax - a feeling of internationalism. Bhangra music and Bollywood cinema play as Casim is absorbed in his role as DJ.
- The bhangra music carries over as a sound bridge seeping across the long pan along the grey Glasgow city skyline.
- Conflict between cultures erupts at the corner shop where Mr Khan
The genre:
- romance - Casim Khan's meeting with Roisin launches a romantic relationship that reaches across cultural backgrounds (Muslim and Catholic)
- 'coming of age' film - families, cultures and personalities collide. In the school assembly debate, Tahara declares her cultural identity as 'a dazzling mixture, and I'm proud of it.'
