Young Adam

About Young Adam

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.

Young Adam is a 2003 crime romance film directed by David Mackenzie. Ewan McGregor stars as Joe Taylor, Tilda Swinton as Ella Gault, Peter Mullan as Les Gault, and Emily Mortimer as Cathie Dimly.

It runs 93 minutes and was released in September 2003. Written by David Mackenzie. It comes from Scottish Screen and StudioCanal UK.

Shelv files it under adultery, extramarital affair, dying and death, and author. It scores 5.9 out of 10 from 204 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.

8½, Chinatown, and In the Mood for Love make useful companions to Young Adam.