Director: David Mackenzie
Producer: Jeremy Thomas
Editor: Colin Monie
DOP: Giles Nuttgens
Principle Cast
Ewan McGregor
Tilda Swinton
Peter Mullan
Emily Mortimer
Running Time: 97 minutes
Set in a steamy Glasgow of the early 1950s, the film focuses on the existential crisis of Joe (Ewan McGregor), a rootless young drifter who finds work on a barge owned by the down-to-earth Les (Peter Mullan) and his enigmatic wife Ella (Tilda Swinton). One afternoon Joe and Les happen upon a corpse of a young woman floating in the water. Accident? Suicide? Murder?
As the police investigate the case and a suspect is arrested, it becomes evident that Joe knows more about the drowned woman than he is letting on. Meanwhile, against the background of this mysterious death and the 'murder' investigation, Joe and Ella embark on an intimate and passionate affair.