When I Was 12

Newly arrived on a Burnley housing estate is twelve-year-old Chloe, who, with her alcoholic single mother and abusive older brother, has been re-housed for the umpteenth time. When Chloe finds a kindred spirit in Lee, a young boy with a similarly dysfunctional family, she sees an opportunity to escape from her mother and brother.

• Release date
• August 22, 2001
• Runtime
• 83 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Dominic Savage

Cast

H

Holly Scourfield Chloe Leo Gregory Paul Jody Latham Lee Neil Bell Neil Lisa Millett Mother

G

Gabriella Di Luca Waitress