خلاصه داستان : باد پسری تنها و ساکت است که لحظات آرامشش زمانی اتفاق می‌افتد که با شور و شوق در سینمای محلی می‌نشیند و چهره‌های بلند و نمادین را روی پرده سینما تماشا می‌کند. فیلم‌ها به باد قدرت می‌دهند تا روز دیگری را پشت سر بگذارد، در حالی که او با محیط مدرسه سرکوبگر و همجنس‌گرایی رو...

Bud is a lonely and quiet boy whose moments of solace occur when he sits in rapture at the local cinema, watching towering and iconic figures on the movie screen. The movies give Bud the strength to get through another day as he deals with his oppressive school environment and his burgeoning homosexuality.

خلاصه داستان : زندگی و روابط گروهی از خواهر و برادرها و پدر ازهم‌گسیخته‌شان، فرانک گالاگر، در یک محلهٔ خشنِ منچستر روایت می‌شود.

The story of a young group of siblings pretty much abandoned by their parents, surviving by their wits - and humor - on a rough Manchester council estate. Whilst they won't admit it, they need help and find it in Steve, a young middle class lad who falls for Fiona, the oldest sibling, and increasingly finds himself drawn to this unconventional and unique family. Anarchic family life seen through the eyes of an exceptionally bright fifteen year old, who struggles to come of age in the context of his belligerent father, closeted brother, psychotic sister and internet porn star neighbors.