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FILTH

By Jon S. BAIRD

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Black comedy - Completed 2012

- Year of production
- 2012
- Genres
- Black comedy
- Countries
- USA
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Director(s)
- Jon S. BAIRD
- Writer(s)
- Jon S. BAIRD, From The Novel By Irvine WELSH
- Cast
- James MCAVOY, Jamie BELL, Eddie MARSAN, Jim BROADBENT, Imogen POOTS, Joanne FROGGATT, Gary LEWIS, Martin COMPSTON, Kate DICKIE, And Shirley HENDERSON
- ISAN
- 0000-0003-A627-0000-F-0000-0000-T
- Producer(s)
- Ken MARSHALL, Jon S. BAIRD, Jens MEURER, Trudie STYLER, Celine RATTRAY, Will CLARKE
- Synopsis
- Filth is an Edinburgh-set darkly comedic drama; a riotous tale about the abuse of power through a character who is powerless to halt his own rapid decline into oblivion during a trivial police murder investigation. Despite it providing an ideal opportunity to eliminate his rival colleagues in the race for promotion - a promotion he so desperately craves - Detective Bruce Robertson (McAvoy) has other obstacles to overcome, including: alcohol & drug addiction, a dramatic deterioration in his mental health, and some increasingly demanding extra-marital affairs. The filmmakers describe it as American Psycho meets Bad Santa via In Bruges.