A group of four siblings reunite in Glasgow on the eve of their mother's funeral, and the children mourn their mother's passing in a variety of ways—sometimes heartfelt, sometimes bizarre. As a potential thunderstorm threatens to damage the city, the situation compounds itself.
Acting
Mullan's ensemble eats scenery and your heart.
Direction
Mullan balances kitchen-sink realism with theatrical flair.
Writing
Dialogue so Scottish it practically wheezes.
Director
Peter Mullan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mullan wrote this after his own mother's funeral, filming in his actual Glasgow neighborhood.
The destroyed church scene references real 1980s Glasgow sectarian violence—Mullan witnessed similar fires growing up Catholic in a Protestant housing scheme.
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