My Name Is Leon is a movie directed by Lynette Linton in 2022 and based on the book of the same name by Kit de Waal, first published in 2016. The movie features Olivia Williams, Christopher Eccleston, Monica Dolan, Lenny Henry, Malachi Kirby, Shobna Gulati, and others.
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“The movie is better than the book”
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Storyline
The heart-wrenching but moving story of Leon a nine-year-old mixed-race boy who fights to reunite his family after being taken into care and separated from his blue-eyed, blond, baby brother Jake. Set in Birmingham in the 1980s Leon’s struggle is pitched against the backdrop of the race riots, forcing the young boy to explore the notions of identity and belonging.
Genres
Movie vs Book
Year
2022
Minutes
90
Movie Rate
8.00
Source: IMDb
Year
2016
Pages
272
Book Rate
8.04
S: Goodreads
Book
My Name is Leon
Author: Kit de Waal
Country: UK
First published in: 2016
Length: 272 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“If your publisher is jumping up and down at the thought of your novel, it's because he's picturing the movie poster on the side of the bus.”
DAVE MORRIS (Writer)
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