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Genres:
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Drama /
Crime /
Thriller
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Release:
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Director:
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David Mackenzie
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Actors:
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Peter Mullan,
Ewan Stewart,
Stuart McQuarrie,
Rory McCann,
Jack McElhone,
Ian Hanmore,
Andrew Neil,
Pauline Turner,
Alan Cooke,
Arnold Brown,
Meg Fraser,
Ewan McGregor,
Tilda Swinton,
Emily Mortimer,
Therese Bradley
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Duration:
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94 min.
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Rating:
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(6.5/10)130.5
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Plot Summary:
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Joe, a rootless youthful knight of the road, finds work on a barge travelling between Glasgow and Edinburgh, owned past Les and his chain Ella. One afternoon they discover the corpse of a childlike gal floating in the water. Catastrophe? Suicide? Kill? As the patrol investigate and suspect is arrested, we view that Joe knows more than he is letting on. Evenly we learn of Joe's past relationship with the dead woman. an unspoken appeal develops between Joe and Ella, heightening the claustrophobic tensions in the confined spell of the barge.
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British Cinema At It's Best
It's very rare that I can enjoy a film adapted from a book if I have read the book first.
However, this adaption of Scottish beat writer Alexander Trocchi's debut novel from 1954 left me breathless. Ewan McGregor plays Joe, a drifter working on a barge between Glasgow and Edinburgh.
The film begins with the discovery of a young woman's body in the canal and leads into the sexual tensions growing between Joe and the couple he shares a barge with.
"Young Adam" is Britain's answer to "Requeim For A Dream" - haunting, bold and
unashamedly intelligent. The film makes as much use of body launguage as it does dialogue and the scenes between McGregor and Tilda Swinton are both sexy and intense.
People looking for mainstream ent...
Young Adam
Slow and dreamy study of a drifters string of sexual relationships, which leads to an accidental death and a man wrongly accused of muder. Brilliantly shot and some great performances, but the narrative is a little weak (especially the downbeat ending) - more of a character piece than a compelling story.
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