Nil by Mouth
The family of Raymond, his wife Val and her brother Billy live in working-class London district. Also in their family is Val and Billy's mother Janet and grandmother Kath. Billy is a drug addict and Raymond kicks him out of the house, making him live on his own. Raymond is generally a rough and even violent person, and that leads to problems in the life of the family.
- 6.8
- 1997
- Released
- 2h 8m
Ray Winstone
Ray
Kathy Burke
Valerie
Charlie Creed-Miles
Billy
Laila Morse
Janet
Edna Doré
Kath
Chrissie Cotterill
Paula
Jon Morrison
Angus
Jamie Foreman
Mark
Neil Maskell
Schmuddie
Steve Sweeney
Danny
Ronnie Fox
Peter, pool player
John Blundell
Man with Knife
Terry Rowley
M.C. in ClubLeah Fitzgerald
MichelleSydney Golder
Old Guy in WindowKenan Hudaverdi
Laundrette Owner
Franc Ashman
Club SingerRonnie Fox
Peter
Released
en
$9,000,000.00
- #london, england
- #heroin
- #violent husband
- #addiction
- #dysfunctional family
- #alcoholism
- #domestic violence
- #working class
- #drugs
- #mental illness
Reviews
It's Kathy Burke who steals this for me with a powerfully emotional characterisation of "Valerie". She lives with her brutish husband "Raymond" (Ray Winstone) and her permanently geared-up brother "Billy" (Charlie Creed-Miles). None of the are strangers to drugs and to booze, but when her husband reckons his wastrel brother-in-law has pinched his stuff, he turfs him onto the streets where here res