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Riff-Raff (1991)

Riff-Raff (1991)

Drama Comedy
Release Date: 1991, June 21
Directors: Ken Loach
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Parallax Pictures
Cast: Peter Mullan, John Kazek, Terry Duggan, James MacDonald, Robert Carlyle, Johanne Murdock, Ricky Tomlinson, Willie Ross, Mike Hayden, Jimmy Coleman, David Finch, Debra Gillett

Overview:

Stevie, fresh from prison in Scotland, finds a job on a London construction site. The working conditions are poor and most of the men are working under aliases, due to immigration status and to not conflict with their "signing on" for unemployment benefits. Some coworkers help Stevie secure housing, squatting in a council estate. Then Stevie meets Susan, from Ireland, who's struggling to be a professional singer.

Keywords:

poverty working class construction worker pop singer