Plot
James Gillespie is 12 years old. The world he knew is changing. Haunted by a secret, he has become a stranger in his own family. He is drawn to the canal where he creates a world of his own. He finds an awkward tenderness with Margaret Anne, a vulnerable 14 year old expressing a need for love in all the wrong ways, and befriends Kenny, who possesses an unusual innocence in spite of the harsh surroundings.
Cast
William Eadie
James
Tommy Flanagan
Da
Mandy Matthews
Ma
Michelle Stewart
Ellen
Lynne Ramsay Jr.
Anne Marie
Leanne Mullen
Margaret Anne
John Miller
Kenny
Jackie Quinn
Mrs Quinn
James Ramsay
Mr Quinn
Anne McLean
Mrs Fowler
Craig Bonar
Matt Monroe
Andrew McKenna
Billy
Crew
Lynne Ramsay
Director
Gavin Emerson
Producer
Alwin H. Küchler
Director of Photography
Rachel Portman
Original Music Composer
Lynne Ramsay
Writer
Bertrand Faivre
Producer
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