"The Angel´s share"

 "The Angel´s share" a film by Ken Loach. Starring Paul Brannigan, John Henshaw, William Ruane, Gary Maitland, Jasmin Riggins, and Siobhan Reilly. This is the title that you will be able to watch on 13th  November on the 10th anniversary of " Un día de Cine".

Plot: Narrowly avoiding jail, new dad Robbie vows to turn over a new leaf. A visit to a whisky distillery inspires him and his mates to seek a way out of their hopeless lives.

Tasks:
1. Read the review by the Guardian and answer the questions below.

Ken Loach's new movie arrives in the UK garlanded with the Cannes Jury Prize: a freewheeling social-realist comedy caper. In many ways this is his most relaxed and successful screen offering for some time. The Angels' Share could stand as a companion piece to his Sweet Sixteen (2002) or even his early classic Kes (1969), and of course, it also draws on the Ealing film Whisky Galore! Again, Loach has used non-professionals: his leading man is newcomer Paul Brannigan, playing Robbie, a young Glasgow criminal who finds himself sentenced to repaint a community centre with a bunch of lawbreaking dopes and dorks: Mo (Jasmin Riggins), Rhino (William Ruane) and Albert (Gary Maitland). The supervisor, Harry (John Henshaw), is a kindly soul who has a connoisseur's passion for whisky, and out of the goodness of his heart takes them on an outing to a distillery. Miraculously, Robbie turns out to have a "nose" – an untrained discerning judgment of whisky, perhaps like Billy's bird-training ability in Kes. He is intrigued by the fact that some whisky evaporates in the cask – the so-called "angels' share" – and the unreconstructed criminal in him wonders how he can get his share. How strange to compare the conclusion of The Angels' Share with that of Kes. Robbie and his mates are no angels, but the film finds a way of giving them something that real life can't or won't: a chance.

The Guardian.

Questions:

1. Has Loach won any award in recognition of this work?
2. What´s uncommon in the cast?
3. What´s a cask for?.
4. What do the characters in the film get in the end?

2. After watching the film, write your own review.

If you want to have a look at the best films of this great British film director, visit: http://www.youtube.com/user/KenLoachFilms