SoulBoy

SoulBoy

201080 min5.8 / 10

A vibrant, music-driven coming-of-age story set in 1970s Northern Soul culture, balancing youthful exuberance and romance against the darker undercurrents of the scene.

1974. Amidst power cuts, strikes and boot-boy aggro on the football terraces, Joe McCain is bored of a life that's going nowhere. Enter hair-dresser Jane: blonde, beautiful, and moving to the beat of a whole new world of sound, movement and all-nighter dancing at The Wigan Casino - the home of Northern Soul. Swept along on this tide of pulsating dance and lust, Joe becomes embroiled in the darker side of soul scene that will put his friendship to the test.

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