The read
Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
1987, love in time of war: bus driver George meets Carla, a Nicaraguan exile living a precarious, profoundly-sad life in Glasgow. Her back is scarred, her boyfriend missing, her family dispersed; she's suicidal. George takes her to Nicaragua to find out what's happened to them and help her face her past.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do.
97 audience votes
Key crew
- Ken LoachDirector
- Paul LavertyScreenplay
- George FentonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Robert CarlyleGeorge Lennox
- Oyanka CabezasCarla
- Scott GlennBradley
- Louise GoodallMaureen
- Salvador EspinozaRafael
- Margaret McAdamGeorge's Mother
- Gary LewisSammy
- Subash Singh PallVictor
- Stewart PrestonMcGurk
- Richard LozaAntonio
- Greg FrielKeyboard Player
- Anne Marie TimoneyWarden
Stills
Themes
civil warglasgow, scotlandsocially deprived familybus ridebus drivernicaraguasandinism1980s