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My Name Is Joe is a 1998 British romantic drama film directed by Ken Loach. The film stars Peter Mullan as Joe Kavanagh, an unemployed recovering alcoholic in Glasgow, Scotland who meets and falls in love with a health visitor, played by Louise Goodall. David McKay plays his troubled friend Liam.
Jan 22, 1999 · My Name Is Joe: Directed by Ken Loach. With Peter Mullan, Louise Goodall, Gary Lewis, Lorraine McIntosh. Two thirty-somethings, unemployed former alcoholic Joe and community health worker Sarah, begin a romantic relationship in one of Glasgow''s toughest neighborhoods.
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- Drama, Romance
- Ken Loach
- 1999-01-22
Feb 26, 1999 · My Name Is Joe. Roger Ebert February 26, 1999. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. His name is Joe, and he's an alcoholic. He's only been sober for 10 months, and although AA advises against romance in the first year of recovery, Joe falls in love with a nurse named Sarah.
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Criminal and social elements affect the relationship of an unemployed Scot (Peter Mullan) and a community health worker (Louise Goodall).
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- Ken Loach
- R
- Peter Mullan
In this classic Ken Loach film, Peter Mullan plays Joe Kavanagh, a man struggling with unemployment and alcoholism who falls in love with Sarah, his health visitor. The film follows his ...
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- KenLoachFilms
May 15, 1998 · Two thirtysomethings, unemployed former alcoholic Joe and community health worker Sarah, start a romantic relationship in the one of the toughest Glasgow neighbourhoods.
In My Name is Joe, Loach builds a distinct parallel between the ways people fall into debt to criminals and to the state, and how both entities revel in holding people hostage to those situations. While Joe has turned a new leaf from his addict days, the government still treats him like a criminal, bringing him before the welfare board for ...
