Just two years before his 90’s hit Trainspotting, Danny Boyle’s impressive debut feature gave British cinema a lift with its uncharacteristic venture into noir territory.
Alex, a journalist (Ewan McGregor), accountant David (Christopher Eccleston) and Juliet, a doctor (Kerry Fox), twenty-something flat-sharing friends in Edinburgh, get into dark concealment and bloody corpse-dismemberment with great style.
A sharp-edged, talented black comedy with international appeal.
Juliet Miller
Kerry Fox David Stevens
Christopher Eccleston Alex Law
Ewan McGregor Detective Inspector McCall
Ken Stott Hugo
Keith Allen Cameron
Colin McCredie Woman Visitor
Victoria Nairn Male Visitor
Gary Lewis Goth
Jean Marie Coffey Andy
Peter Mullan Tim
Leonard O’Malley Cash Machine Victim
David Scoular Bath Victim
Grant Glendinning Freezer victim
Victor Eadie Lumsden
Robert David MacDonald
Director
Danny Boyle
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