Who is Joe Taylor in Young Adam?

Ewan McGregor plays Joe Taylor in the film.

What is Young Adam about?

Set in a steamy Glasgow of the early 1950s, Joe (Ewan McGregor), a rootless young drifter who finds work on a barge owned by the down-to-earth Les (Peter Mullan) and his enigmatic wife Ella (Tilda Swinton). One afternoon, whilst working - Joe and Les find a corpse of a young woman floating in the water. As the police investigate the case and a suspect is arrested, it becomes evident that Joe knows more about the drowned woman than he is letting on.

Young Adam

Name: Young Adam
Released: 2004-04-16
Rating: 49

NC-17

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Who directed Young Adam?: David Mackenzie

Who is Joe Taylor in Young Adam?: Ewan McGregor plays Joe Taylor in the film.

What is Young Adam about?: Set in a steamy Glasgow of the early 1950s, Joe (Ewan McGregor), a rootless young drifter who finds work on a barge owned by the down-to-earth Les (Peter Mullan) and his enigmatic wife Ella (Tilda Swinton). One afternoon, whilst working - Joe and Les find a corpse of a young woman floating in the water. As the police investigate the case and a suspect is arrested, it becomes evident that Joe knows more about the drowned woman than he is letting on.