SoulBoy Trailer

Stoke on Trent ,1974 - Amidst power cuts, strikes and boot-boy aggro on the football terraces, restless JOE MCCAIN (MARTIN COMPSTON), is bored with the flatline tedium of a life thats going nowhere. He trudges through his Monday to Friday delivery van job, while pulling off some petty theft with his partner in crime and best friend RUSS MOUNTJOY (ALFIE ALLEN). Enter trainee hair-dresser JANE (NICHOLA BURLEY). Blonde, brassy, and moving to the beat of a music that opens the door to a whole new world of sound, movement and allnighter dancing at The Wigan Casino - the home of Northern Soul!

Joe persuades Russ to go with him to check it out. Once there, Joe is seduced by the music, the dancing, the drugs and Jane. He strikes up a friendship with MANDY (FELICITY JONES) a cute and spunky artist who is eager to help Joe become the cool soul boy he wants to be. She helps him learn the all important dance moves and a friendship quickly develops as she encourages him to open up and grow. Mandy falls for Joe who is swept along on this tide of pulsating dance and lust, finally finding somewhere he belongs.

As Joe falls deeper and deeper into the Northern Soul scene, his new paradise is threatened by Jane's drug dealing boyfriend ALAN (CRAIG PARKINSON) and a crumbling friendship with Russ. A love triangle develops with Jane and Mandy, and Joe has to decide who he really wants in his life.

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[stokeloudandproud]

Stoke en proud

[Paul Stevens]

Great Choons & Fun Movie :-)

[Steven Clarke]

A step in the right direction but bring on (Northern soul the movie)

[James T]

couldnt agree more and totally off the mark

[James T]

fuckin fail big time

[MsGbergh]

My favourite film.

[Escuche67]

Speaking about Stoke, is anybody going to make a film about Shelleys, and how an underground music exploded so much, that, today it's turned into pappy crappy theme tunes for semi reality semi celebrity game shows, I bet oakenfold and sasha are turning in their ......money

[shorelineboy]

saw the film recently i thought the film was embaressing to watch could have been made by disney. the actors were fine the music was good (of course) but sorry thought the film was naff

[bobgrantsbus]

Fantastic music with great performances by all the cast.

[MrCFCarePOO]

What new Northern Soul film? Director? Stars? Mooted release?

BTW what is the best music film? Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense must be one of the best concerts ever catched on film.On t'other hand Absolutely Beginners bit of a miscast mess,innit? [Enjoying your blootered big-nosed smiley emoticon,SidewinderCharles..my hooter tends to be a bit smaller ;-)) ]