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 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 ...
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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 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. Loach cast only actors who had construction experience in the film, kicking off the career of Carlyle, who later surged to stardom in The Full Monty (1997). Karl Williams, Rovi
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Robert Carlyle; Emer McCourt; Jimmy Coleman; George Moss; Ricky Tomlinson; Willie Ross. Very Good. In very good packaging. Run time: 96 mins. Language: English. Riff Raff [DVD]
Add this copy of Riff Raff to cart. $24.23, very good condition, Sold by worldofbooks rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Goring-By-Sea, WEST SUSSEX, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1991 by British Film Institute.Shipping outside the U.K.? see Shipping Alert details
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Robert Carlyle; Emer McCourt; Jimmy Coleman; George Moss; Ricky Tomlinson; Willie Ross. Very Good. In very good packaging. Run time: 96 mins. Language: English. Riff Raff [DVD]
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