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Human Traffic

Human Traffic

The weekend has landed.

19996.81h 39m

Overview

For Jip, Lulu, Koop, Nina and Moff, the dead-end jobs they endure during the week just kill the time until Friday night. That's when they cut very loose and get on the rollercoaster ride that takes them right through to Monday morning.

Directed by Justin Kerrigan
Written by Justin Kerrigan
Produced by Emer McCourt, Allan Niblo
Box OfficeBudget: $600KRevenue: $4.0M

Top Cast

John Simm

John Simm

Jip

Shaun Parkes

Shaun Parkes

Koop

Nicola Reynolds

Nicola Reynolds

Nina

Lorraine Pilkington

Lorraine Pilkington

Lulu

Danny Dyer

Danny Dyer

Moff

D

Dean Davies

Lee

Andrew Lincoln

Andrew Lincoln

Felix

Terence Beesley

Terence Beesley

Moff's Father

Jo Brand

Jo Brand

Reality (voice)

Richard Coyle

Richard Coyle

Andy

Themes & Keywords

salesclerkdrug dealerboredomecstasynightclubfast food restaurantraverelationship problemscoming of agedrug dealingrelationshipdrugsalcohol abusefashiongroup of friendstwenty somethingmultiple storylinesmultiple perspectivesrave culturecardiffindependent filmamusedenthusiastic

About Human Traffic

Human Traffic is a comedy, drama film released in 1999 exploring themes of salesclerk, drug dealer, boredom, ecstasy, nightclub, fast food restaurant. Directed by Justin Kerrigan, it stars John Simm, Shaun Parkes, Nicola Reynolds. For Jip, Lulu, Koop, Nina and Moff, the dead-end jobs they endure during the week just kill the time until Friday night. That's when they cut very loose and get on the rollercoaster ride that takes them right through to Monday morning.

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