YOUNG ADAM
synopsis
Set in a steamy Glasgow of the early 1950s, the film focuses on the existential 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 a corpse of a young woman floating in the water. 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, against the background of this mysterious death and the 'murder' investigation, Joe and Ella embark on an intimate and passionate affair.
international title: | Young Adam |
original title: | Young Adam |
country: | United Kingdom |
sales agent: | HanWay Films |
year: | 2003 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | David Mackenzie |
film run: | 100' |
release date: | NL 4/09/2003, UK 26/09/2003, IT 10/10/2003, GR 24/10/2003, CZ 30/10/2003, SI 30/10/2003, PT 21/11/2003, BE 3/12/2003, FR 21/04/2004 |
screenplay: | David Mackenzie |
cast: | Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Peter Mullan, Emily Mortimer |
cinematography by: | Giles Nuttgens |
film editing: | Colin Monie |
art director: | Laurence Dorman |
costumes designer: | Jacqueline Durran |
music: | David Byrne |
producer: | Jeremy Thomas |
production: | Recorded Picture Company |
distributor: | Warner Bros Entertainment UK, Mikado (IT), Three Lines Pictures (NL), HCE (CZ), LNK (PT) |