Elaine C. Smith, Ewen Bremner, Gerald Lepkowski

This film explores one man's battle against the social and psychological ravages of alcoholism. As a child, Frank is confronted with two pathways in life, relating back to his ambivalent feelings for ...( read more  read more... )his father. Faced with this swaggering man, a womanizer and a drinker, Frank is torn between rejection and unconscious imitation. From then on, he continually vacillates between a desire for self-control and stability, and giving in to hatred and mistrust, a legacy of his painful experience of betrayal. His first precocious glass of alcohol drags him in this dangerous direction, which continues throughout his adulthood.

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R, 1 hr. 42 min.

Directed by: Richard Jobson

Release Date: January 1, 2003

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DVD Release Date: May 24, 2005

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  • June 29, 2009
    Parece um laranja mecanica estilo realista. Bem interessante, mas meio longo e mais conceitual do q o deveria ser
  • March 25, 2009
    Better then Transpotting and Clockwork orange, Best Independant Film to come. shows life as dramatic as they possibly could make it with out the sob story.
  • March 21, 2009
    FAB .. Honest TRUE to REAL LIFE Film
  • September 16, 2008
    Pretentious! Deeply not moving monologues by stereotypical people. What a waste of talent.
  • March 21, 2008
    I did not really like this movie.
  • January 7, 2008
    Sometimes,for some people,hope is a strange feeling..
  • December 5, 2007
    beautiful, horrible and true......a rehabilitated alcoholic story
  • September 12, 2007
    one of the best independant movies to come out of scotland despite being contrived/refrences from Kubrick`s Clock Orange ....ive seen some pathetic reviews of this film on this site and bet everyone of them is english lol
  • July 2, 2007
    How depressing. No thanks.

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  • brian0646
    January 20, 2007
    It takes just a bit of time to warm up,But it is true,And this is it,People just dont want to see the true.

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