Young Adam

Synopsis: Joe, a rootless young drifter, finds work on a barge travelling between Glasgow and Edinburgh, owned by Les and his wife Ella. One afternoon they discover the corpse of a young woman floating in the water. Accident? Suicide? Murder? As the police investigate and suspect is arrested, we discover that Joe knows more than he is letting on. Gradually we learn of Joe's past relationship with the dead woman. Meanwhile an unspoken attraction develops between Joe and Ella, heightening the claustrophobic tensions in the confined space of the barge.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director(s): David Mackenzie
Production: Sony Pictures Classics
  7 wins & 17 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
67
Rotten Tomatoes:
62%
NC-17
Year:
2003
98 min
$668,585
Website
506 Views


Oh bloody useless. Just give me that

I suppose we should cover her

Yes

Let's call an ambulance

Right

So?

They're not a hurry

I told they she was dead

- No eggs this morning?

- I forgot to buy eggs

Get off

Quick

That's good

You didn't see anything?

Wait

OK:

- What do the polide think?

- The sergent doesn't know

It was not a murder, there are no marks on the body

YOu had a good look then

You can't keep your eyes off women

Even when she's dead

I think she fell on water

So how do you explain she was half naked?

May be she was drunk

May be she wander on boats or something

May be she was pregnant

Right

Don't worry, it's just the drink

What do you thinl, Joe?

- About what?

- The dead

I think she went to the bridge fully dressed

to breath the warm night air

Then she took off her jacket

and put it on the ground

And the she unbuttoned her blouse

And then she lifted up her brassiers

And droped it down on top of other clothes

Il lui restait sa jupe enlever,

elle I'a laiss glisser sur ses jambes.

And she unbutoned her skirt

And slipped it down unfder her hips

Then she undone her stockings

and hold them up so they blew in the breaze

before she let them flew off into the night

And she shivered

She wondered if she really wanted to do it

She answered this question

by kicking her clothes into the river

Elle a vite enlev son porte-jarretelles

et sa culotte.

Et elle tait I, vtue

de sa petite combinaison,

Thinking over what brought her to this

And the with particle below her

She dropped into the river like a rose

And float there for a moment

Anh begone

What kind of women woud do that?

Just an ordinary woman

You are going to sit there all day drinking tea?

Hi

Sign here and don't dirt it

You are the one who found the girl?

Right

There are evil men in this town

- How come you get so little water?

- Shut your mouth

Come on, Jim. This way

There's a good pub in Leers.

We should go there for a game of darts

Right

Joe do you want a game of darts?

- You play darts?

- Sometimes

Just about the time

You don't find anything more interesting to spend the time?

I can tell One or two thing but not in front of a kid

Don't you laugh to yourself

- What is so funny?

- Eat yoour tes potatos.

Hurry up

- Don't kick me, mom

- Stop yelling

You finished, Joe?

May be they'll say something in the evening

newspapers about that body

Do you think they'll wite about us?

No

Myself and Joe picked up a body from the river this morning

- Naked

- Murder

Possible. She had no clothes on

- Was she cut?

- Not a mark on her

Here we are

A body of a dead woman was found in the river Clay this morning

The woman was wearing only a thin particle

So far she was unidentified

- Police...

- You said she was naked

The same thing, it was transparent

Les, I've got a headach, I'am going back to the barge

- Another game of darts?

- Another time

I'll give you a game

Where's Les?

He's found someone to play darts with

He'll be here at least an hour

We'll wake the boy

Why don't we go up on deck?

I'm not going any further

Police are investigating that woman

There's a bit in the newspaper about this

What makes you thing of that?

Something to say

You have done enough talking for tonight

Are you sorry?

That's not good, do we?

It's pity if he's coming back

What?

It's pity if he's coming back

The bunk there

You're nice, Joe

You hungry? I'll fry you an egg

No, not now

I'll take a cup of tea though

- You two are bloody quiet

- Same as you, no?

- What's so blood?

- What's up

he's lost money at darts again

And he came back here to try to take out at me

- Listen woman...

- You shut your damned mouth, Leslie Gold!

You have no rights to yell at me

I have never lost money at darts

You are a liar!

- Tea is ready?

- You in a hurry?

The tea is ready when it's ready

You read that they wote in the papers

They didn't mention about us

I am not really interested in any of that

- Have you been swimming?

- I don't swim

How about you?

I don't have a swimming costume

You are here on holiday?

I'm just free today

- What's your name?

- Cathie

Would you like to go with me for a walk, Cathie?

Where to?

Over there

Tim's over board!

The boy is overboard, Ella. Help

- You alright?

- Right

Thank you. Thank you, Joe

- Look at that

- A funfair. Can we go there?

You can ask your mom

Ella. Look at that

May be we go there with Tim?

- I've my work to do. You take him

- I'll stay aboard if you want to go

I have no time. You go

Come along, Joe?

Stretch for your legs

Yes, allright

Here we are

Watch me

- Yes, yes, that one!

- Got it

You see, I always win

How do you like it, son?

- And that's it

- You are touching the line, sorry

- Excuse me, i was not touching the line

- you touced the line

What are you doing here?

- I'm working here now

- Right, right, Bob. Thi is Joe Huggy.

He works with us couple of months

- Nice to meet you, Joe.

- Me too

Me and Les, we used to work on the same boat

- Never the same shipyard

- No

- That was good time?

- Yes

Bob, here is my son, Jim.

- Jim, this is Bob.

- We close the game

- I don't want to go back to the barge

Do you want to go to the picture?

There are two of them in town

- Do you want to go to the picture?

- Yae

Joe, do you want to go to the picture?

No, no. I'll walk into town then go back to the barge

Let make it quick

Go, Joe.

I don't want to see you

Go

Look what you've done

Give it to me

It's broken

Hello, Joe.

Hello, Cathie.

What are you doing here?

- I'm working here by the river

- You are working?

Joe Taylor condescend to mix

with the working class?

I don't take any pride in it

I see you never made it to China

- Your flat is still there?

- Yes

I've got a flatmate now

Is she nice?

I don't see her much

Why barge, Joe?

Tou can find work more glamorous

Just sort of have it, really

- What about you, you still at the office?

- Yes

Nothing's really changed

Except us

- What did you do with my stuffs?

- I thrown them away

As you told me to

I thought I would never see you again

- Hi gentlemen

- Go, Joe.

- You sure?

- I'm scaling a little

It'll get hot in an hour

Joe, get some sacs of coal

- Tim!

- Easy said than done

We continue?

Put it in the back of the truck, Joe.

- It's in your truck now

- Thanks

What about the boy

- Will you come to see him?

- He'll be back in school again next week

I have some surprise for you

A banana!

- What should you say?

- Thank you, uncle Sam.

- Thanks

- Wlll you tal about the naked lady?

- Yes, some pervert has donr it

- Me and Jor found her

- You're jocking

- We called the police

Will you stop talking about this?

All talk about it

Drink your tea

Say bye to your dad

- Bye, dad

- Bye, son. Take care of yourself

- Take care

- Bye

You're sad about Tim?

He needs an education.

But when he goes away I broke my heart

Think of me when you look at yourself.

With undying love, C.

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Alexander Trocchi

Alexander Whitelaw Robertson Trocchi ( TROK-ee; 30 July 1925 – 15 April 1984) was a Scottish novelist. more…

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