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Riff-Raff

Not Rated Comedy Drama

Starring: Robert Carlyle, Emer McCourt, George Moss, Jimmy Coleman, Ricky Tomlinson

Writer: Bill Jesse

Release Date:
June 21, 1991
Ratings:
6.7 / 10
Director:
Ken Loach
Companies:
Parallax Pictures

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.