"This Is England" - étude d'une sous-culture dans l'Angleterre de 1983, les skinheads

this is england is a title of a famous song made by the Clash in 1985. The lyrics of this song give a list of the difficulties of england in the mid 80's: urban violence, unemployment, racism, police corruption, the Falklands War
this is england, is also the title of a Shane Meadows movie. It could have been called 'Believe me, this is england' or 'this is also england'. this movie is actually about a particular aspect of england and even about the margin of this country: the skinhead subculture. But this particular subculture will help Sean Meadows to draw his vision of england in 1983.

At the really beginning of this movie, we return in 1983 during Thatcher's period and during the war in Falklands. The main actor: Shaun has lost his father during this war. He suffers a lot from this death and he is rejected by his companions at school. He meets a group of skinheads which adopts him and he will become the mascot of this band of teenagers.