Riff Raff Movie Review 1992

Unsparing black comedy about the British working class by director Loach. Ex-con Stevie comes to London from Scotland to look for work and escape his thieving past. He finds a nonunion job on a construction site, takes up squatter's rights in an abandoned apartment, and finds a girlfriend in equally struggling singer Susie, who turns out to be a junkie. Loach's characters deal with their unenviable lot in life through rough humor and honest sentiment. Regional accents are so thick that the film is subtitled.

Distribution

Baker & Taylor Inc., 2709 Water Ridge Pkwy., Ste. 500, Charlotte, NC 28217, Phone: (704)357-3500, Toll-free: 800-775-1800, Email: btinfo@btol.com, URL: http://www.btol.com

Available on VHS
Running time 96 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Black Comedy, Labor & Unions, Great Britain, Wrong Side of the Tracks, Ex-Cons

Screenplay

Bill Jesse

Cast

Robert Carlyle, Emer McCourt, Jimmy Coleman, George Moss, Ricky Tomlinson, David Finch, Bill Jesse

Director

Ken Loach

Music

Stewart Copeland

Producer

Sally Hibbin, Fine Line Features