John Lennon a grandi dans une famille pleine de secrets. Élevé par sa tante Mimi, il retrouve à l'adolescence sa mère, Julia. Arrivé en âge de comprendre le mystère qui a déchiré ces deux soeurs, John veut réconcilier sa famille. Une paix fragile s'installe, aussitôt ruinée par une tragédie. Mais sa mère a légué à John un don précieux: la musique. Un jeune homme tourmenté trouve enfin sa voie. 

Nowhere Boy, the debut feature of Sam Taylor-Wood, tells the never seen before story of John Lennon's childhood. Imagine John Lennons childhood - A spirited teenager, curious, sharp and funny, growing up in the war shattered city of Liverpool in dreary post-war Britain. Two extraordinary sisters tussle for his love - Mimi, the formidable aunt who raised him from the age of 5 and Julia, the spirited mother who gave him up to Mimis care. Yearning for a normal family, John escapes into art and the new music flooding in from the US. His fledgling genius finds a kindred spirit in the young Paul McCartney. But just as Johns new life begins, the truth about his past leads to a tragedy he would never escape. 

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