A parent's grief has no bounds. Our Boy tells the moving and tragic story of one couple’s struggle to come to terms with the disappearance and death of their only son. Woody, Sonia and their son, Lee, live contentedly in West Ham, London. When Lee is killed in a hit-and-run everyone grieves but Woody’s grief has no limit. His best friend, Phil, counsels revenge, while in the view of the ambitious Detective Constable Spence, Woody himself is the prime suspect. Woody searches for a way to react with extraordinary and touching results. Features award-winning performances by Ray Winstone and Pauline Quirke.
Acting
Winstone's trembling restraint—never showy, always devastating.
Writing
Dialogue so natural you'll think you're eavesdropping.
Director
David Evans
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of BBC's 'Screen One' anthology, this captures post-IRA-ceasefire Britain where working-class stories finally got prestige treatment without gentrification.
Winstone and Quirke had played couple before in 'Auf Wiedersehen, Pet'—their history adds unspoken weight to every silence.
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