NEIGHBOURHOOD
GENRE: Crime Caper, Comedy.
CIRCA: 1985
STATUS: Script
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It’s 1985 in Kentish Town, North London & Greek Cypriots fleeing war and poverty since the mid 50’s from the island of Cyprus are well worn in. Time enough to have established a community bringing with it it's rich culture, it's churches, it's sense of belonging & respect, and it's food. God it's food...
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As honour & tradition has been stopped in time, the fathers of the 1st generation of Anglo-North London Cypriots struggle to stay true to a time gone past, in bringing up their boys. Teenagers, the first generation of Anglo-Cypriots, dealing with a duel nationality & an old country set of rules & values, a culture much less familiar to them & the temptations of the street.
The local tailor's son Alex, & his hapless gang of wannabe gangsters scheme & scam their way around north London when a chance theft of a truck reveals a gun in the glovebox & large crate in the back, it's contents whilst bizarre, has more value than anything the boys could ever make on the street.
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Suddenly the small time crims are Landed into a world in the undergrowth of this community, Mr Christou’s world. A real gangster & a blot on the proud and the usually law abiding community, who is willing to do anything to anyone who dares to get in his way.
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Taking their chances on the possibility of a massive score, they hatch a plan. From a sprawling Greek wedding gone wrong, to a chase through the streets of North London in a partly dismantled stolen Porsche and a villainous street hood also hot on their tails.
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The boys soon realise that the community is an animal all of it’s own as they are faced with bringing the them together, however in a way that they could never have imagined or have ever wanted.