Year			2003
Country			United Kingdom / France
Genre			Dramatic thriller
Parents			Explicit nudity, explicit sex
Length			1:35
Director			David Mackenzie
Writer			David Mackenzie
Company			Sony Pictures
Starring			Ewan McGregor Tilda Swinton Peter Mullan Emily Mortimer Jack McElhone Therese Bradley Show more... Ewan McGregor Tilda Swinton Peter Mullan Emily Mortimer Jack McElhone Therese Bradley Ewan Stewart Stuart McQuarrie Pauline Turner Alan Cooke Rory McCann Ian Hanmore Andrew Neil

Working on a barge that travels to ports between Glasgow and Edinburgh, Joe (Ewan McGregor) is a randy ol' chap. He befriends Les (Peter Mullen) as they labor hard days shoveling coal and pass their evenings over pints and darts in the local pubs. But Joe is simply positioning himself to seduce Les' wife, Ella (Swinton), who he easily and frequently beds. A steamy affair with a heavy dose of on-screen coitus eventually leads to trouble for all three. A subplot concerns Joe's past romance with a girl (Emily Mortimer) whose mysterious death is reported in local papers, with flashbacks to raunchy sexual interludes representing his fondest memories of her.