^Trying to find myself some UK films to watch. Stumbled on this one reading an interview with Ellen Page, as she stated this film as her favourite film by her favourite female director. The Scottish indie director Lynne Ramsay that was.
I downloaded it last week, and just watched it. A wonderful yet harsh film.
In Glasgow, Summer of 1973, a wee boy called James, is living during the Dustmen's striking, and the threat of a plague. There's not much of a plot really. We're somehow following James as he goes in the reeking streets of Glasgow. The film is so raw, still it seems purely poetic at times. A balance of contrast that I found quite shocking.
A film I loved, that's for sure.