Brass

Nineteen-year-old Millie O Reilley is, clever, spiky and adored by men - yet utterly forlorn. Brought up in middle-class comfort, by her devoted professor father, she feels a sense of alienation that leads her on a binge of sex, drugs and despair. Increasingly disillusioned with her University course and fellow students, she seeks an escape in the underbelly of Liverpool’s Cathedral area - home to crackheads, pimps, pushers and whores. Her best friend Jamie Keely, big brother and fun buddy has just got engaged to a deadly dull nail-artist. Jealous at the engagement, Millie’s wild behaviour threatens both their friendship and her friend’s impending marriage. Brass follows Millie through the steamy underside of Liverpool, often stoked on cocaine and moving from one loveless sexual episode to another. An encounter with a prostitute turns into an odyssey of drink fuelled self-abuse, leading Millie to question who she is and what she wants to get out of life.