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Riff-Raff

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Riff-Raff
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NR,1hr 36min
Genres:
Comedy,Drama
Release:
1991
Director:
Ken Loach
Starring:
Robert Carlyle, Emer McCourt, Jimmy Coleman  ...more
Synopsis: 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. ... Full Synopsis
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Brian Whitener, AMG Review
Ken Loach's Riff Raff is set on a construction site where a hospital is being gutted to make way for condos for the upper-middle class. Stevie, a Scottish ex-con, takes a job at the site where he encounters an odd assortment of characters who, like him, are looking for a new lease on life. Unable to afford rent on a flat, Stevie's co-workers set him up in a squat not far from the job site. On the job, ... Full Review
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