Riff-Raff

Riff-Raff

6.7IMDb Score
Released:1991-06-21
Duration:95 min
Director:Ken Loach
Actors:Robert Carlyle, Emer McCourt, George Moss, Jimmy Coleman, Ricky Tomlinson
Production:Parallax Pictures

Overview:

Stevie, fresh from prison in Scotland, finds a job on a London construction site. Working conditions are poor and most of the men are working under aliases, due to immigration status and to not conflict with unemployment. Some help Stevie secure housing, squatting in a council estate. Then Stevie meets Susan, from Ireland, an aspiring singer.

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