Young Adam
Young Adam is a 2003 British neo-noir erotic drama film written and directed by David Mackenzie and starring Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Peter Mullan, Ewan Stewart and Emily Mortimer. The film is based on the 1954 novel of the same name by Alexander Trocchi.
Plot
In 1954 Scotland, shiftless young drifter Joe Taylor works on a barge which operates from Glasgow, on the River Clyde, along the Forth and Clyde and Union Canals to Edinburgh. He shares the cramped on-board living quarters with its operators, Les and Ella Gault, and their young son Jim. One day, Joe and Les pull the body of a young woman, Cathie Dimly, naked except for a petticoat, from the water. Joe knew her.
More details
author | David Mackenzie |
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contentLocation | Glasgow Scotland |
director | David Mackenzie |
editor | Colin Monie |
events | criminal investigation homicide |
genre | drama |
keywords | arrest barge belong even forth and clyde forth and clyde canal guilty listen petticoat river river clyde sleep towpath typewriter union canal writer's block young woman |
musicBy | David Byrne |
nomination | European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year |
producer | Jeremy Thomas |
productionCompany | HanWay Films Recorded Picture Company Scottish Screen StudioCanal UK Film Council |
publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
recordedAt | Edinburgh |
theme | independent narrative neo-noir |