Kisses (2008)

First, ignore the critic on the front cover who dubs "Kisses" 'irresistibly heartwarming.' This is a dark, gritty drama that pulls no punches in it's depiction of incredibly resilient Irish youngsters living lives of squalor and abuse.

   11-year-old Kylie and Dylan are underprivileged kids who fancy themselves a couple. Dylan is abused by his father, a volatile alcoholic, while Kylie is at the mercy of her unscrupulous Uncle Morris.

 One Christmas, the kids run away (after Dylan has a unusually bad fight with his father) and head for Dublin, where they hope to stay with Dylan's runaway brother. On their journey, they make confessions, share secrets, and try to survive in a city that swallows up it's weakest and offers little hope to two children trying to get by.