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A Glaswegian starts works on a London Building site where all the workers are each into their own scam. Building rules and regulations don't appear to be in force here...

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EAN5014138288464

eBay Product ID (ePID)3945719

Product Key Features

ActorEmer Mccourt, Ricky Tomlinson, Robert Carlyle

Film/TV TitleRiff Raff

DirectorKen Loach

LanguageEnglish

Subtitle LanguageEnglish

Run Time95 Mins

Aspect Ratio4:3 Full Frame

Release Year2002

FormatDVD

FeaturesInteractive Menus\Scene Index, With Subtitles

GenreGeneral, Comedy

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate15

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

ComposerStewart Copeland

Additional InformationDirector Ken Loach's concern for the plight of the working man takes a comic turn in this gritty film starring Robert Carlyle (TRAINSPOTTING) as Stevie, a young Scotsman who finds a construction job in the north of London turning an old hospital into luxury condos. Like most of the largely non-English crew, he's forced to live in a squat, an abandoned building whose doors can be opened only with a crowbar. Despite their differences, the laborers are bound by the difficulty of their work and their shared hatred of the bosses and contractors who constantly threaten to fire them and endanger their lives by cutting corners on safety. Loach's camera follows the workers unobtrusively as they relax in the squats and pubs, revealing, in their gallows humour, the fatalism of men who feel they've been forgotten by the society they inhabit. Stevie tries moving in for a time with Susan (Emer McCourt), a slightly dim, aspiring singer, but as is often the case for these men, things don't quite work out they way he hopes. Although Loach worked from a script, he used only actors who had construction experience and encouraged them to improvise their dialogue, making RIFF RAFF an utterly absorbing experience. The music for the film, like RAINING STONES, is scored by Stewart Copeland of the Police.

ReviewsTotal Film - "...Realistic, intelligent and well performed...It's also very funny..." -- 4 out of 5 stars, Rolling Stone - ...Loach's vision, cutting and compassionate, makes RIFF-RAFF black comedy of a high order...

Format DescriptionDVD 5

Sound sourceMono

Movie/TV TitleRiff Raff