David Mackenzie
Young Adam
Edition 2003
93'
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2003
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Crime, Drama
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Dialogue:
English
Director:
David Mackenzie
Composer:
David Byrne
With:
Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Peter Mullan
Set in a steamy Glasgow of the early 1950s, the film focuses on the crisis of Joe, a rootless young drifter who finds work on a barge owned by the down-to-earth Les and his enigmatic wife Ella. One afternoon Joe and Les happen upon the corpse of a young woman floating in the water. Accident? Suicide? Murder? as the police investigate the case and a suspect is arrested, it becomes evident that Joe knows more about the drowned woman than he is letting on. Meanwhile, an unspoken attraction develops between on an intimate and passionate affair...
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Credits
Director
David Mackenzie
Composer
David Byrne
With
Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Peter Mullan
Scenario
David Mackenzie
Director of Photography
Giles Nuttgens
Producer
Jeremy Thomas
More information
Dialogue
English
Countries of production
United Kingdom, France
Screenplay based on
verhaal van Alexander Trocchi
Year
2003