British artist Sam Taylor-Wood makes her feature directorial debut with this Film4-funded exploration of John Lennon's early life.
The biopic opens in 50s Liverpool, with the teenage Lennon living with his aunt Mimi and uncle George, who have brought him up in lower-middle-class security since his mother effectively abandoned him at the age of four. However, the kind-but-strict couple's efforts to give him a respectable start in life are fated to unravel. When George suddenly dies, Lennon discovers that his real mother, Julia, lives close by with her husband and kids.
Julia, closer to John's age than aunt Mimi and very different in character, introduces her estranged son to the nascent delights of rock 'n' roll and buys him his first guitar, setting him on a path to musical legend via the formation of the Quarrymen.
Nowhere Boy is a Film programme that first aired in 2009 and has been classified a 15 certificate.
