Film

Nil by Mouth

1997 · 2h 8m · Drama

IMDb

7.3

Rotten Tomatoes

79%

Metacritic

76

The family of Raymond, his wife Val and her brother Billy live in working-class London district. Also in their family is Val and Billy's mother Janet and grandmother Kath. Billy is a drug addict and Raymond kicks him out of the house, making him live on his own. Raymond is generally a rough and even violent person, and that leads to problems in the life of the family.

Ray Winstone

Ray

Kathy Burke

Valerie

Charlie Creed-Miles

Billy

Laila Morse

Janet

Edna Doré

Kath

Chrissie Cotterill

Paula

Jon Morrison

Angus

Jamie Foreman

Mark

Neil Maskell

Schmuddie

Steve Sweeney

Danny

Ronnie Fox

Peter, pool player

John Blundell

Man with Knife

Sam Miller

Club Comic

Terry Rowley

M.C. in Club

Leah Fitzgerald

Michelle

Sydney Golder

Old Guy in Window

• Gary OldmanDirector · Writer · Producer
• Luc BessonProducer
• Hilary DwyerProducer
• Douglas UrbanskiProducer
• Ron FortunatoDirector of Photography
• Eric ClaptonOriginal Music Composer
• Brad FullerEditor

Re-release Trailer

Release date

October 10, 1997

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 8m

Rated

R

Budget

$9,000,000

Genres

Drama

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