Summer 1994, Scotland. Johnno and Spanner are best mates, but Johnno’s family are moving him to a new town and a better life, leaving Spanner behind to face a precarious future. In pursuit of adventure and escape they head out on one last night to an illegal rave before parting ways indefinitely.
Direction
Welsh shoots raves like religious ecstasy, all strobes and transcendence.
Acting
Macdonald's Spanner burns with desperate charisma — heartbreaking.
Score
90s acid house soundtrack that throbs like a second heartbeat.
Director
Brian Welsh
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in black-and-white to evoke 90s rave flyers and news footage, but also to universalize working-class struggle across eras.
The 12-minute warehouse rave sequence used real 90s DJs and was filmed with over 400 extras — many actual veterans of the era.
GB
