My Name Is Joe
1998 · TMDB 7.3
Directed by Ken Loach
Two thirtysomethings, unemployed former alcoholic Joe and community health worker Sarah, start a romantic relationship in one of the toughest Glasgow neighbourhoods.
Why it matters
Ken Loach's compassionate drama about a recovering alcoholic (Peter Mullan) in Glasgow who falls for a health worker (Louise Goodall) while trying to help a friend caught up in the drug trade.
From Rewinding the Reel: How VHS Championed British Independents
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Released
- 1998-05-15
- Studio
- Parallax Pictures
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 7.3
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