My Name Is Joe (1998)

Directed by

Ken Loach

Genre

drama film, comedy film, romance film

Country

Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, France

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

15+

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 214 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An unemployed recovering alcoholic in Glasgow falls for a health visitor while trying to help his troubled friend. The film follows his struggles with love and staying sober in a poor community.

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What happens

My Name Is Joe is a 1998 British romantic drama film directed by Ken Loach. The film stars Peter Mullan as Joe Kavanagh, an unemployed recovering alcoholic in Glasgow, Scotland, who meets and falls in love with a health visitor, played by Louise Goodall. David McKay plays his troubled friend Liam. The film's title is a reference to the ritualised greeting performed in Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, as portrayed in the film's opening scene. The movie was mainly filmed in the council estates of Glasgow and filling small roles with local residents, many of whom had drug and criminal pasts. The film won awards in many film festivals, including Best Actor for Mullan at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. The British Film Institute ranked the film 91st in its 1999 BFI Top 100 British films list. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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