

Principal photography began 28 July 2008 over the course of six weeks, and was filmed in chronological order. She was cast for the film after one of Arnold's casting assistants saw her arguing with her boyfriend in Tilbury Town, which is the railway station featured in the film. Katie Jarvis, who plays Mia, had no prior acting experience. Mia returns home to pack for the trip, and, despite their coldness, joins Joanne and her sister in synchronised dancing to Nas' " Life's a Bitch". Billy invites Mia to relocate with him to Cardiff. Billy tells her that the horse had to be put down, to which Mia responds by breaking down in tears. Mia heads to Billy's home, not finding the horse. Mia takes the stage, but as the music she had chosen (Bobby Womack's version of "California Dreamin'" from Conor's CD) starts, she dejectedly leaves the stage. The other participants perform erotic auditions. Mia goes to her dance audition, soon realising its true nature. Conor soon chases Mia down post Keira's return, chasing Mia across a field and forcefully slapping her. Mia pulls Keira out and takes her home anonymously. Keira tries to escape Mia, who catches up with her, and in the struggle inadvertently pushes her into the river. Mia lingers by Conor's home and eventually leads Keira away from her family. Mia angrily urinates on Conor's living room floor, and then sneaks out of the back door when the family return home. She finds a video camera which reveals footage of Conor's partner and their young daughter, Keira. However, Mia returns to his house and sneaks in. He explains that he cannot see her anymore because of her age and drives her to a station. Mia tracks Conor down to his middle-class home. In her anger, Joanne tells Mia she planned to abort her whilst pregnant. The following morning, Mia hears her mother crying as Conor has left. Conor tells Mia to keep their liaison a secret. She dances to "California Dreamin' ", and Conor initiates sex. With Joanne passed out drunk upstairs, and after Mia and Conor have also been drinking, Conor asks to see Mia's dance routine. Mia is invited by the club to perform in person after sending in her tape. After that, Mia assists Billy in stealing a car engine part from a junkyard, appearing to flirt. Their interactions become increasingly flirtatious.Ĭonor later administers a flirtatious spanking to Mia when she returns, and Mia becomes jealous and angry when she overhears Conor and her mother having sex. Conor encourages her to apply for the dancing audition, lending her a video camera to record an audition on. Later, Mia visits Conor at work where he is a security guard. Friends of Keely enter the internet cafe and argue with and attack Mia. At an internet café, Mia takes a poster stuck up in the window by a club that is clearly advertising for erotic dancers. Although Mia is abrupt with Conor, she seeks his attention.Ī social worker visits Joanne regarding Mia, offering a referral to a boarding unit for disengaged teens.
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He introduces them to his favourite song, Bobby Womack's version of " California Dreamin' ", and shows Mia how to catch a fish using her bare hands. He notices Mia's dance moves, and invites Mia and Tyler to come with him and Joanne on a day-trip to the countryside.

Mia's mother Joanne's new boyfriend, Conor, is charming and handsome.

Billy, the younger of the two, is less hostile to Mia.
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She tries to free it, only to be caught and chased by two young men, the horse's owners. Later, Mia comes across a tethered horse in a Traveller encampment. Mia regularly practices hip-hop dance alone in a deserted flat in her family's building, drinking alcoholic cider beforehand. Mia provokes Keely's other friends with physical aggression. She doesn't get along with her precocious sister, nor with her verbally abusive mother. Mia has just fallen out with her best friend, Keely. Mia Williams, a volatile and socially isolated 15-year-old, lives on an East London council estate with her single mother, Joanne, and younger sister, Tyler.
