AN award winning film based on the childhood of John Lennon will be shown at the Centenary Centre on Friday.

Nowhere Boy (cert 15) is the next film to be shown as part of the Films in Peel programme.

The film is an insight into the life of a 15 year old boy from a fragmented family who is growing up in post war Liverpool.

Unlike all the other Beatles, who all came from working class backgrounds, John Lennon grew up in middle-class suburbia with his Aunt Mimi and Uncle George who are played by Kristin Scott Thomas and David Threlfall.

His mother, played by Anne-Marie Duff, abandoned her son at the age of five but unbeknown to him had been living nearby. She reappears in to his life when he reaches the age of fifteen.

At the very heart of this film, inspired by the novel written by John Lennon’s sister, is the story of the influence these two women had on John Lennon’s early life and subsequently who he became as a man.

The film also charts Lennon’s musical development including his first encounters with Paul McCartney and George Harrison and gives a vivid picture of the music scene in 1950s Liverpool.

Nowhere Boy will be shown at 7.45pm on Friday, November 19. Doors open at 7pm.

Tickets are £4 and are available in advance from Celtic Gold in Peel, Shakti Man in Ramsey, Peter Norris and Mostly Music in Douglas and Thompson Travel in Port Erin.

Any unsold tickets will be available on the door.