Mike Leigh's violent and disturbing look at the milieu inhabited by London's homeless. David Thewlis is the motor-mouthed protagonist Johnny Fletcher; bitter, cynical and on the run from Manchester after raping a woman. He arrives in London, shacking up with his ex-girlfriend, Louise (Lesley Sharp), and her gothic flatmate, Sophie (Katrin Cartlidge), before drifting onto the streets - undergoing a series of encounters which convince him of the spiritual emptiness of modern life. As with many of Leigh's films, the dialogue was often improvised by the cast.
Producer: Simon Channing Williams
Director: Mike Leigh
Writer: Mike Leigh
Cinematographer: Dick Pope
Actor: Claire Skinner
Actor: Lesley Sharp
Actor: Greg Cruttwell
Actor: Katrin Cartlidge
Actor: Ewen Bremner
Actor: Elizabeth Berrington
Music: Andrew Dickinson
Actor: Carolina Giametto
Actor: Deborah MacLaren
Actor: Peter Wight
Actor: David Thewlis