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Young Adam

Joe throws himself into an affair with the boss' wife, in order to distract himself from the memory of Cathie, a beautiful girl who was found dead, floating in a river. Was Cathie's death an accident? Suicide? Or was it murder? Only Joe knows for certain.

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  • "Mladi Adam"
  • "Jeune Adam"
  • "Young Adam - Dunkle Leidenschaft"

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  • "Als het hulpje van binnenschipper Les, Leslies vrouw Ella manipuleert, begint ze een verhouding met hem."
  • "SUMMARY: "Joe, a rootless young drifter, finds work on a barge travelling between Glasgow and Edinburgh, owned by Les and his wife Ella. One afternoon they discover the corpse of a young woman floating in the water. Accident? Suicide? Murder? As the police investigate and suspect is arrested, we discover that Joe knows more than he is letting on. Gradually we learn of Joe's past relationship with the dead woman. Meanwhile an unspoken attraction develops between Joe and Ella, heightening the claustrophobic tensions in the confined space of the barge." IMDB."
  • "Feature film from Scotland. Drama. When a young drifter Joe, and Les, the barge owner he works for, discover a floating female corpse, it becomes evident that Joe knows more about the drowned young woman than he will admit."
  • "Glasgow, début des 50's. Joe, trentenaire marginal travaillant sur une péniche, est accro au sexe comme d'autres le sont à la drogue. Ne pouvant freiner ses pulsions, il noue une liaison torride avec Ella, la femme de son patron Leslie. Mais la découverte du cadavre d'une femme flottant sur l'eau va perturber " ce triangle amoureux " et lever le voile sur la vie trouble de l'énigmatique Joe..."
  • "Joe, (Ewan McGregor) a rootless drifter, finds work on a barge owned by Les (Peter Mullan) and his wife Ella (Tilda Swinton). On route between Glasgow and Edinburgh they discover the body of a young woman floating in the canal. Accident? Suicide? Murder? As the police investigations progress Joe and Ella embark on an intense physical relationship, heightening claustrophobic tensions between the three of them in the confined space of the barge and the ever growing web of deceit that Joe leaves in his wake. Based on Scottish beat writer Alexander Trocchi's novel and inspired by the Hollywood film noirs of the 40s and 50s, Young Adam is a highly original thriller from director David Mackenzie."
  • "Thriller about young drifter Joe who finds work on a barge owned by down-to-earth Les and his enigmatic wife Ella. On route between Glasgow and Edinburgh, they discover the body of a young woman floating in the water. As police investigations progress, Joe and Ella embark on an intense relationship and ever growing web of deceit."
  • "Joe throws himself into an affair with the boss' wife, in order to distract himself from the memory of Cathie, a beautiful girl who was found dead, floating in a river. Was Cathie's death an accident? Suicide? Or was it murder? Only Joe knows for certain."@en
  • "Una pareja le da trabajo a un joven en su barco. Una tarde encuentran el cuerpo sin vida de una mujer. Mientras la policía investiga el caso y arresta a un sospechoso, se hace evidente que el joven sabe más de la mujer que lo que dice a la vez que inicia una relación con la dueña del barco."
  • "Mystery/thriller. A young drifter working on a river barge disrupts his employers' lives while hiding the fact that he knows more about a dead woman found in the river than he admits."
  • "Joe works on a barge run by Les. Ella may have been the boss's wife, but Joe couldn't have cared less. Their torrid affair takes his mind off the beautiful dead girl found floating in the river. Her name was Cathie, and Joe was the last person to see her alive. Only Joe know's whether Cathie's death was a suicide, an accident or murder. And the shocking truth could save the life of an innocent man, or send a guilty one to the gallows."@en
  • "Joe works on a barge run by Les. Ella may have been the boss's wife, but Joe couldn't have cared less. Their torrid affair takes his mind off the beautiful dead girl found floating in the river. Her name was Cathie, and Joe was the last person to see her alive. Only Joe know's whether Cathie's death was a suicide, an accident or murder. And the shocking truth could save the life of an innocent man, or send a guilty one to the gallows."
  • "Ella may have been the boss' wife, but Joe couldn't have cared less. Their torrid affair took his mind off the beautiful dead girl found floating in the river. Her name was Cathie, and Joe was the last person to see her alive. Was Cathie's death an accident? Suicide? Or was it murder? Only Joe knows for certain. And the shocking truth could save the life of an innocent man, or send a guilty one to the gallows."@en
  • "Joe, a rootless drifter who finds work on a barge, owned by Les and his wife Ella. On route between Glasgow and Edinburg they discover the body of a young woman floating in the water. As the police investigations progress, Joe and Ella embark on an intense physical relationship, heightning the tension in the claustrophobic barge and the ever growing web of deceit that Joe leaves in his wake."

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  • "Thriller"@en
  • "Motion pictures, Great Britain"
  • "Feature films"@en
  • "Feature films"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Thrillers (Motion pictures)"
  • "Drama"
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  • "Film noir"
  • "Film adaptations"
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  • "Mystery films"@en

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