Directed by:
Ken LoachCinematography:
Barry AckroydComposer:
Stewart CopelandCast:
Robert Carlyle, Emer McCourt, Peter Mullan, James MacDonald, Ricky Tomlinson, Angela Morant, Johanne Murdock, Maureen CarrVOD (1)
Plots(1)
Scottish ex-con Stevie (Robert Carlyle) finds work on a non-union crew converting a hospital into luxury condos. Like most of his coworkers, Stevie is homeless and finds a place to live by squatting in an abandoned building. The crew is exploited by its supervisors and endures unsafe conditions, and pay is so low that the men use false names so that they won't have to pay taxes. Stevie discovers a lost handbag, and when he returns it to the owner, a spacey hopeful singer named Susan (Emer McCourt), he falls in love. He and Susan are soon living together -- then Stevie discovers that his girlfriend is a habitual drug user. Meanwhile, the most outspoken worker, Larry (Ricky Tomlinson) loses his job when he questions authority once too often. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Robert Carlyle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/859/164859286_607b4b.jpg)
Robert Carlyle
UK
Best movies:
Trainspotting (1996)
Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) (TV movie)
Priest (1994)
Emer McCourt
Best movies:
Riff-Raff (1991)
![Peter Mullan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/186/162186189_ea66f0.jpg)
Peter Mullan
UK
Best movies:
Braveheart (1995)
Trainspotting (1996)
Boy A (2007)
![James MacDonald](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272985_4800b4.jpg)
James MacDonald
USA
Best movies:
Phone Booth (2002)
Tigerland (2000)
Little Boy (2015)
![Ricky Tomlinson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/471/471142_93f576.jpg)
Ricky Tomlinson
UK
Best movies:
Life Is All You Get (1997)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
Riff-Raff (1991)
Angela Morant
UK
Best movies:
Wire in the Blood (2002) (series)
Iris (2001)
Riff-Raff (1991)
Johanne Murdock
Best movies:
National Theatre Live: King Lear (2018) (theatrical recording)
Riff-Raff (1991)