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My Name Is Joe
Two thirtysomethings, unemployed former alcoholic Joe and community health worker Sarah, start a romantic relationship in one of the toughest Glasgow neighbourhoods.
1998 · Directed by Ken Loach · 105 min · Drama · 9 frames
Crew
- Screenplay: Paul Laverty
- Cinematography: Barry Ackroyd
- Edited by: Jonathan Morris
- Music: George Fenton
- Production design: Martin Johnson
- Produced by: Rebecca O'Brien
Cast
- Peter Mullan as Joe
- Louise Goodall as Sarah
- David McKay as Liam
- Gary Lewis as Shanks
- David Hayman as McGowan
- Lorraine McIntosh as Maggie
- Anne-Marie Kennedy as Sabine
- Stephen McCole as Mojo
- Stephen Docherty as Doc
- David Peacock as Hooligan
Production
- Country: United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, France, Italy
- Language: English
- Studios: Parallax Pictures, Road Movies, Channel Four Films, La Sept Cinéma
- Box office: $354,952
- Themes: sports, funeral, glasgow, scotland, american football coach, debt, football (soccer)
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