Young Adam
- Original title
- Young Adam
- Year
- 2003
- Running time
- 98 min.
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Director
- Screenwriter
- David Mackenzie. Novel: Alexander Trocchi
- Cast
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- Ewan McGregor
- Tilda Swinton
- Peter Mullan
- Emily Mortimer
- Jack McElhone
- Therese Bradley
- Ewan Stewart
- Stuart McQuarrie
- Pauline Turner
- Alan Cooke
- Rory McCann
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Co-production United Kingdom-France;
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics- Genre
- Thriller. Drama | 1950s
- Synopsis
- Joe, a rootless young drifter, finds work on a barge travelling between Glasgow and Edinburgh, owned by Les and his wife Ella. One afternoon they discover the corpse of a young woman floating in the water. Accident? Suicide? Murder? As the police investigate and suspect is arrested, we discover that Joe knows more than he is letting on. Gradually we learn of Joe's past relationship with the dead woman. Meanwhile an unspoken attraction develops between Joe and Ella, heightening the claustrophobic tensions in the confined space of the barge.
- Awards
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2003: European Film Awards: Nominated for Discovery Award2003: British Independent Film Awards (BIFA): 4 Nominations including Best Movie2003: Cannes Film Festival: nominated to Un Certain Regard Prize: Best Film.
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