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Drifting

  • 1999
  • 10m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
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DramaShort

A man in his 30's returns to his roots and lives with his Aunt. However he has nothing to do and decides to build a small boat in his house, however his reasons for this hobby are not what e... Read allA man in his 30's returns to his roots and lives with his Aunt. However he has nothing to do and decides to build a small boat in his house, however his reasons for this hobby are not what everyone expects.A man in his 30's returns to his roots and lives with his Aunt. However he has nothing to do and decides to build a small boat in his house, however his reasons for this hobby are not what everyone expects.

  • Director
    • Martin Brierley
  • Writer
    • Aileen Ritchie
  • Stars
    • Clive Russell
    • Sandra Voe
    • Jake D'Arcy
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.9/10
    31
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Martin Brierley
    • Writer
      • Aileen Ritchie
    • Stars
      • Clive Russell
      • Sandra Voe
      • Jake D'Arcy
    • 3User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Clive Russell
    Clive Russell
    • Donald
    Sandra Voe
    • Mairi
    Jake D'Arcy
    Jake D'Arcy
    • Wino
    John Kielty
    • Security Guard
    Annie Louise Ross
    Annie Louise Ross
    • Taxi Driver
    • (as Ann-Louise Ross)
    • Director
      • Martin Brierley
    • Writer
      • Aileen Ritchie
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    4Theo Robertson

    Disappointing

    Bob The Moo contacted me to let me know there was going to be a couple of shorts on Channel 4 very early Friday morning , a Danish film called GRAVEJR and this one called DRIFTING Bob said in his own review that DRIFTING is frustrating and he's right . The film opens with a sequence set in a bus station and right away I thought " Ah it's about one of those people who travel from one place to the other , it's about a drifter that's how this short get its title " but then it's revealed that the main character is visiting family roots so it's not about a drifter . The characters then start talking in Gaelic which seemed slightly strange and wondered what the point of this was and then the story goes onto its conclusion , a conclusion that is very frustrating and pointless and will make the audience feel disappointed

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      Peter: Explain your mother. Explain a brownie, or a cookie, or linen sheets, or anything you love so much that just keeps you going. If you are truly empty, then you are nothing, and something that exists in nothing is nothing. But you're not nothing. You're Matthew.

      Matthew: I'm Matthew?

      Peter: You are Matthew, and that's all you know. That's everything.

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