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Critic Roger Ebert
rated 8

A movie like Young Adam is above all about the groundlevel lives of its characters. The death of the girl and the plot surrounding it are handled not as a crime or a mystery but as an event that jars characters out of their fixed orbits.

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Cast & Crew

David Mackenzie
Director
Tilda Swinton
As Ella Gault
Ewan McGregor
As Joe Taylor
Peter Mullan
As Les Gault
Emily Mortimer
As Cathie Dimly
Ewan Stewart
As Daniel Gordon
Rory McCann
As Sam

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A young man working on a river barge in 1950s Scotland becomes embroiled in a mysterious affair with his employer's wife, while hiding a dark secret about a dead woman found in the water. As the police investigate the case and a suspect is arrested, the young man's past and present collide in a steamy and dangerous game of cat and mouse. With a rich atmosphere reminiscent of classic film noir but with a fresh twist.

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