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"&lt;p&gt;Since the Sixties, British director Ken Loach has been making films (&lt;em&gt;Kes, Family Life&lt;/em&gt;) about the diminished options of the working class. His low-key style and avoidance of stars have left him a well-kept movie secret. &lt;em&gt;Riff-raff&lt;/em&gt; won&amp;apos;t bring in the &lt;em&gt;Terminator&lt;/em&gt; crowd, but it cements his reputation as a world-class filmmaker.&lt;/p&gt;\r\n&lt;wm:embed type=\"related\"&gt;&lt;/wm:embed&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Riff-raff&lt;/em&gt; is set in a shabby London construction site where a motley crew of immigrants and hard cases uses humor as a weapon against backbreaking work and bosses. The accents are so thick that Bill Jesse&amp;apos;s script has been fitted with subtitles. You don&amp;apos;t have to catch every word to sense the rage beneath the comic riffs. Or to sniff the doom hanging over the relationship between Stevie (Robert Carlyle), an ex-con from Glasgow, and Susan (Emer McCourt), a junkie singer. Loach&amp;apos;s vision, cutting and compassionate, makes &lt;em&gt;Riff-raff&lt;/em&gt; black comedy of a high order.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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