in a run down public toilet in london at 3 . 07 be and the middle age prostitute kelly take on the 11 year old runaway joanne . together they take the train from london to brighton to escape kelly hard edge pimp . the film explore the mother daughter like bond that form between the girl a they be leave to fend for themselves in the gritty underworld of south london . paul andrew williams have do something remarkably cool here that he do not realise until his film start receive praise and wider distribution ( it even make it way to the stockholm international film festival and where i saw it ) . nevertheless and we can easily tell that this be a quality film with excellent performance by it two lead lorraine stanley and young georgia groome . although the seedy underground and hierarchy of bad guy and john and pimp channel guy ritchie and matthew vaughn and director williamsm stress that london to brighton be not a gangster movie and but an unflinching look at the two aforementioned character and how they cope under pressure . the plot be leave best unspoiled because it be gradually unfold through well position flashback and arguably the goldmine of the film . the first half of the film have a few pacing problem a nothing truly jump out and grab you but when the unspeakably effective background segment be interjected london to brighton receive a well deserved jumpstarting kick up the arse and continue down a perfectly pace path . one of the most poignant scene see kelly pimp ask 11 year old joanne if she be a virgin and and subsequently tell her to have sex with an old man . the amount of smoking and cursing and screaming and beating that go on around her be heartbreaking . this would not be the case with a less actress . the fact be that georgia groome inhabits joanne so effortlessly and deeply that it be a sight to behold . her cry performance wrench your heart . other than the perfectly cast groome and the director tell u that he apply no seriousness to find the perfect people for the respective character represent the guy in the green jeep and for example and be cast because he have a green jeep . in this way a gritty and unpleasant and plain cast present itself an ordinary pack of south london criminal . good yet and they truly emote . when kelly and joanne down the sour rum and coke that the old man have give them and you can feel the bitter aftertaste of the drink . london to brighton have be liken to mike leigh naked and and perhaps this be an apt comparison . what remain clear and however and be that williams have serve up a deliciously gritty and unflinching drama in the midst of chaos and which he occasionally pause with wonderful slow motion capture and dreamy shot of the windy barren boardwalk of brighton . it bruise and realistic and harrowing and compel a very good watch . positive .