My Name Is Joe

My Name Is Joe

1998105 min7.3 / 10

A tender but sobering portrait of two damaged people finding connection and love amid economic hardship and personal struggle in working-class Glasgow.

Two thirtysomethings, unemployed former alcoholic Joe and community health worker Sarah, start a romantic relationship in one of the toughest Glasgow neighbourhoods.

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