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Description: 1987, love in time of war. Bus driver George Lennox meets Carla, a Nicaraguan exile living a precarious, profoundly-sad life in Glasgow. Her back is scarred, her boyfriend missing, her family dispersed; she's suicidal. George take...

Cast:
George Lennox: Robert Carlyle
Carla: Oyanka Cabezas
Bradley: Scott Glenn
Rafael: Salvador Espinoza
Maureen: Louise Goodall
Antonio: Richard Loza
Sammy: Gary Lewis
Victor: Subash Singh Pall
McGurk: Stewart Preston
George's Mother: Margaret McAdam
Eileen: Pamela Turner
Keyboard Player: Greg Friel
Warden: Anne Marie Timoney
Taxi Driver: Andy Townsley
Hospital Sister: Alicia Devine
Doctor: John Paul Leach
Norma: Norma Rivera
Harry: José Meneses
Carla's Mother: Rosa Amelia López
Vocals: Keila Rodríguez
Carla's Family #1: Josefa Calderon De Calero
Carla's Family #2: Azucena Figueroa
Carla's Family #3: Tomasa García
Carla's Family #4: Alcides González
Carla's Family #5: Manuela Guevara
Carla's Family #6: Karla Obando
Carla's Family #7: Santos Olivas
Carla's Family #8: Alison Paula Rizo
Carla's Family #9: Elba Aurora Talavera
Carla's Family #10: Luis Talavera
Brigadista: María José Silva
Witness for Peace: Laura Tredway

Written by: Paul Laverty

Director: Ken Loach

Production: Alta Films S.A., The Glasgow Film Fund, Road Movies Dritte Produktionen, Parallax Pictures, Institute of Culture, Filmstiftung NRW, Degeto Film, TVE, Film4 Productions

Release date: 15 May 1997

Box Office: $25,845