Riff-Raff

About Riff-Raff

Stevie, fresh from prison in Scotland, finds a job on a London construction site. Working conditions are poor and most of the men are working under aliases, due to immigration status and to not conflict with unemployment.

Riff-Raff (1991) is a comedy film directed by Ken Loach. It runs 95 minutes and was released in June 1991.

Robert Carlyle stars as Stevie, Emer McCourt as Susan, George Moss as Mo, and Jimmy Coleman as Shem. Written by Bill Jesse.

Shelv files it under poverty, working class, pop singer, and construction worker. American members can watch it on Cineverse Amazon Channel, Fandor, and Fandor Amazon Channel.

CJ7, Pelle the Conqueror, and The Boss: Anatomy of a Crime make useful companions to Riff-Raff. It scores 6.7 out of 10 from 121 TMDB voters.