Soulboy is a 2010 British film directed by Shimmy Marcus

Shimmy Marcus

- Filmography :* Soulboy * Breaking Boundaries * Headrush * Ivor the Insomniac * Aidan Walsh: Master of the Universe* 7th Heaven - External links :...

 about 17-year-old Joe McCain (Martin Compston

Martin Compston

Martin Compston is a Scottish actor and former professional footballer. He is perhaps most notable for his role as Liam in Sweet Sixteen, and for his role as Ewan Brodie in Monarch of the Glen.- Biography :...

) coming of age in 1974 amidst the northern soul

Northern soul

Northern soul is a music and dance movement that emerged from the British mod scene, initially in northern England in the late 1960s. Northern soul mainly consists of a particular style of black American soul music based on the heavy beat and fast tempo of the mid-1960s Tamla Motown sound...

 scene. The film was shot in Stoke on Trent.

Plot

1974. Power cuts, strikes and boot-boy aggro on the terraces. Flares, Chopper bikes and beer at fourteen pence a pint.

Joe McCain, 17 and restless, is bored with the flatline tedium of a life that seems like it's going nowhere. Enter Jane, moving to the beat of a music that Joe's never heard, a vision of loveliness who opens the door to a whole world of sound, movement and all-nighter dancing at the Wigan Casino

Wigan Casino

The Wigan Casino was a nightclub in Wigan, Lancashire, England. Operating between 1973 and 1981, it was known as a primary venue for northern soul music. It carried forward the legacy created by clubs such as the Twisted Wheel in Manchester and the Golden Torch in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent...

 - the home of Northern Soul! Swept along on this tide of pulsating dance and lust, Joe finally finds somewhere he belongs and the acceptance and true love he yearns for.

Cast

• Martin Compston
  Martin Compston
  Martin Compston is a Scottish actor and former professional footballer. He is perhaps most notable for his role as Liam in Sweet Sixteen, and for his role as Ewan Brodie in Monarch of the Glen.- Biography :...
  
   as Joe McCain
• Felicity Jones
  Felicity Jones
  Felicity Jones is an English actress from Birmingham. She is best known to television audiences for her role as the school bully Ethel Hallow in the first series of The Worst Witch and its sequel Weirdsister College...
  
   as Mandy Hodgson
• Alfie Allen as Russ Mountjoy
• Nichola Burley
  Nichola Burley
  Nichola Ann Burley is an English actress best known for her roles in Born Equal, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Goldplated, Donkey Punch and Carly in StreetDance 3D.-Early life:...
  
   as Jane Rogers
• Craig Parkinson
  Craig Parkinson
  Craig Parkinson is a British actor known for playing the twins Jimmy and Johnny Kray in the 2010 ITV drama Whitechapel.Parkinson first came to notice with his portrayal of English music mogul Tony Wilson in director Anton Corbijn's film Control .His film and television appearances include People...
  
   as Alan
• Brian McCardie
  Brian McCardie
  Brian McCardie is a Scottish actor. He has appeared in several movies, including Speed 2: Cruise Control , playing the role as Merced. He also appeared in the mini series of Titanic.-Early life:...
  
   as Fish Shop Bobby
• Jo Hartley as Monica
• Pat Shortt
  Pat Shortt
  Pat Shortt is an actor, comedian and entertainer. In 2007, he starred in the film Garage, directed by Lenny Abrahamson for which he won the Best Actor award at the 2008 IFTAs...
  
   as Brendan
• Huey Morgan as Dee Dee
• Bruce Jones as Wigan Casino bouncer

Soundtrack

Paul Weller

Paul Weller

Paul Weller is an English singer-songwriter. Starting with the band The Jam , Weller then went on to branch out musically to a more soulful style with The Style Council...

, Feeder

Feeder

-Technology:* Feeder , any of several devices used in apiculture to supplement or replace natural food sources* Feeder , another name for a riser, a reservoir built into a metal casting mold to prevent cavities due to shrinkage...

, Duffy

Duffy (singer)

Aimée Ann Duffy , known as Duffy, is a Welsh singer-songwriter. Her 2008 debut album Rockferry entered the UK Album Chart at number one. It was the best-selling album in the United Kingdom in 2008 with 1.68 million copies sold...

 and The Dap-Kings

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings are a funk/soul band. They are signed to Daptone Records, where the Dap-Kings are the house band. They are spearheads of a revivalist movement that aims to capture the essence of funk/soul music as it was at its height in the mid-1960s to mid-1970s...

 worked on the soundtrack to the film.
Two classic Jimmy Radcliffe

Jimmy Radcliffe

James "Jimmy" Radcliffe was an American soul singer, composer, arranger, conductor and record producer.-Biography:James Radcliffe was born in New York City...

recordings appear on the soundtrack release, the storming dancer "Breakaway" by The Steve Karmen Big Band featuring Jimmy Radcliffe and one of the 3 Before 8 alltime classics "Long After Tonight Is All Over".