Young Adam
Everyone has a past. Everyone has a secret.
DramaThrillerCrimeRomancedying and deathadulteryindividualcourt casescotlandglasgow, scotlandboatriverpregnancyauthorextramarital affairtold in flashback
A neo-noir character study of a morally compromised drifter whose hidden knowledge of a murder and entanglement in an affair unravel the lives around him, told through a haze of guilt and deception.
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.
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