Riff-Raff
Summary:
Socialist-leaning British director Ken Loach kicked off a decade's worth of acclaimed cinema with this surprisingly comic tale of working class laborers at a North London building site, written by Bill Jesse, a real-life construction worker who died before the film's release. Scottish ex-con Stevie (Robert Carlyle) finds work on a non-union crew converting a hospital into luxury... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Robert Carlyle - (Stevie)
Emer McCourt - (Susan)
Jimmy Coleman - (Shem)
George Moss - (Mo)
Willie Ross - (Gus Siddon)
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Review:
Ken Loach's Riff Raff is set on a construction site where a hospital is being gutted to make way for condos for the upper-middle class. Stevie, a Scottish ex-con, takes a job at the site where he encounters an odd assortment of characters who, like him, are looking for a new lease on life. Unable to afford rent on a flat, Stevie's co-wo... Continue >>
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