Stray Dog

2018, 89 minutes

A troubled teenager unable to connect with the normal youngsters of his age seeks to impress a local gang in a desperate attempt to be accepted leading to devastating consequences.

Darren is a troubled teenager brought up on a South London council estate. Between the toxic environment at his home with a mother struggling with alcohol & drug addiction & being treated as a social pariah by the youngsters of his age, Darren meets an older teenage gang member who gives him the attention he's been craving. For the first time Darren is accepted within a group, despite the fact that the gang are using the underage youngster as a mule to protect themselves. The troubled youth is determined to make a name for himself not realising at his age the gravity of some of his actions & the potential consequences.

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