FREE ON CINEGEEK.DE My Name Is Joe 

Joe is his name and he is an alcoholic. He hasn't been drinking for ten months. Joe falls in love with the social worker Sarah. Sarah has seen many guys like Joe. But there is something special about him; something tender. Something that really touches her. Both are wounded and so the romance develops very gently. He invites her for tea and plays classical music. (When Joe was a drinker, he stole tapes which he sold. Only the one with the classical music did not sell). Once Joe (Peter Mullan) listened to the classical cassette himself. It was wonderful! Since then he loves this music! Joe is around 40, very compact, redheaded. He doesn't have a job, but he manages a football team. Joe wears a windbreaker. He is always in a hurry. That he is dry now is very important for him. Right at the beginning he tells his story to the anonymous alcoholics. Joe lives in Glasgow, where drugs and crime are part of everyday life. One of his friends, Liam (David McKay), was in prison for drugs. While he was inside, Liam's wife was dealing. Since then the local drug baron McGowan has been after Liam and threatened to break his legs. Now we know Joe's story and his background. He will have to choose. Will he go the way the anonymous alcoholics show him or will he follow the call of the road? Ken Loach's films are set in the working class. They always speak with a broad accent. That means; you need subtitles, which are available on our DVD. The most beautiful is the romance of two forty-year-olds who no longer have any great illusions, but the thriller parts are also well integrated into the story. Loach manages it all as if it were nothing. You may have gotten the impression that My Name Is Joe is a depressing social study? It's not like that! On the contrary; this is a lively movie with a lot of humor! And if you're tired of all those movies whose end is predictable... Here is an amazing and yet logical ending!