Riff-Raff ( Riff Raff )

Riff-Raff (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Riff Raff
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
European Film Awards
Goya Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
95 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1990 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Ken Loach

Written By:
Ken Loach
Bill Jesse

Actors:
Robert Carlyle ..... Steve
Emer McCourt ..... Susan
Richard Belgrave ..... Kojo
Jim R. Coleman ..... Shem
David Finch ..... Kevin
Garrie J. Lammin ..... Mick
Dean Perry ..... Wilf
George Moss ..... Mo
Willie Ross ..... Gus Siddon
Ade Sapara ..... Fiaman
Ricky Tomlinson ..... Larry
Derek Young ..... Desmonde
David Aldar ..... Director
Dominic Barlow ..... Pianist
Jimmy Batten ..... Man buying Kango
Terry Bird ..... Van driver
Tracy Brabin ..... Singer
Maureen Carr ..... Ellen
Lila Cherif ..... Client
Martin Clapson ..... Pub Band
Tex Comer ..... Pub Band
Brian Coyle ..... Youth
Les Davidson ..... Pub Band
Terry Duggan ..... Boss in office
Zohra El Harrack ..... Client
Joumana Gil ..... Client
Debra Gillett ..... Singer
Mike Haydon ..... Security Guard
Jimmy Jewel ..... Pub Band
John Kazek ..... Robert
Luke Kelly ..... Ken Jones
Benjamin Lush ..... Singer
James MacDonald ..... Funeral Director
Jayne MacKenzie ..... Singer
Bill Moores ..... Smurph
Angela Morant ..... Estate Agent
Peter Mullan ..... Jake
Johanne Murdock ..... Singer
Vicky Murdock ..... Medical Secretary
Dylan O'Mahony ..... Youth
Stuart Peveril ..... Youth
Len Stonebridge ..... Pub Band
David Taegar ..... Producer
Anne Marie Timoney ..... Fiona

Synopsis:

From director Ken loch (The Navigators/ My Name Is Joe), Riff Raff tells the story of Stevie, a young Glaswegian just out of Barlinnie Prison, who comes to London and gets a job on a building site - a melting pot of itinerant labourers from all over the country. Here he has to contend with Mick the bossy ganger trying, but usually failing, to control his workers, Shem, Mo, Larry and the other lads as they duck and dive the rules and regulations of the building trade. Stevie also has other problems to contend with, the wages are low, the site teems with rats, he has nowhere to sleep and life in London isn't that easy. One day, on his way to work, Stevie finds a handbag in a skip. He takes it back to its owner and meets Susan. As Stevie and Susan learn to live with the ups and downs of life in London, Riff Raff builds a portrait - sometimes gritty, often funny of life as it is lived in the margins.

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 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.

Riff-Raff is a naturalistic portrayal of modern Britain. It follows Stevie, played by Robert Carlyle, a Glaswegian recently released from prison who has moved to London and got a job on a building site turning a derelict hospital into luxury apartments.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 28 June, 2007.

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