
Perfect Sense(2011)
In Glasgow, Scotland, while a mysterious pandemic begins to spread around the world, Susan, a brilliant epidemiologist, falls in love with Michael, a skillful cook.


“Everyone has a past. Everyone has a secret.”
A young drifter working on a river barge disrupts his employers' lives while hiding the fact that he knows more about a dead woman found in the river than he admits.

Ewan McGregor
Joe Taylor

Tilda Swinton
Ella Gault

Peter Mullan
Les Gault

Emily Mortimer
Cathie Dimly

Jack McElhone
Jim Gault

Thérèse Bradley
Gwen

Ewan Stewart
Daniel Gordon

Stuart McQuarrie
Bill

Pauline Turner
Connie
Alan Cooke
Bob M'bussi
Young Adam is a drama, thriller, crime, romance film released in 2003 exploring themes of dying and death, adultery, individual, court case, scotland, glasgow, scotland. Directed by David Mackenzie, it stars Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Peter Mullan. A young drifter working on a river barge disrupts his employers' lives while hiding the fact that he knows more about a dead woman found in the river than he admits.
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