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A Way of Life is a British film of genre Drama directed by Amma Asante with Brenda Blethyn
A Way of Life (2004)
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Add to a movie listA Way of Life is a British film released in 2004 starring Stephanie James and Brenda Blethyn. It is the debut film of director Amma Asante, who was a child actor and later screenwriter who founded her own production company. It was filmed in South Wales. The film is a fictional drama portraying Leigh-Anne Williams, a teenage mother living in a dilapidated Cardiff council flat. Brenda Blethyn plays the child's paternal grandmother.
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Leigh-Anne Williams is less than 20 years old and has already suffered the suicide of her mother when she was a child. Both Leigh-Anne and her brother Gavin were abused by their father, and they worry about their younger sister in her teens. Their father married their mother's sister and they have a young daughter.Actors
Brenda Blethyn
(Annette)
Sara Gregory
(Julie Osman)
Nathan Jones
(Gavin Williams)
Amma Asante
Nicholas McGaughey
(Terry Williams)
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