Filth (2012)

A bipolar bigoted junkie cop, manipulates and hallucinates his way through the festive season in a bid to secure promotion and win back his wife and daughter.

Release Date: December 31st, 2012

Director: Jon S. Baird

Writers: Irvine Welsh, Jon S. Baird

Actors: Eddie Marsan, Emun Elliott, Gary Lewis, Iain De Caestecker, Imogen Poots, James McAvoy, Jamie Bell, Jim Broadbent, Joanne Froggatt, Kate Dickie, Martin Compston, Pollyanna McIntosh, Ron Donachie, Shauna Macdonald, Shirley Henderson

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller

MPAA Rating: Not available

Official site: Not available

Studio: Lionsgate

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Filth | Synopsis

Scheming Bruce Robertson (James McAvoy), a bigoted and corrupt policeman, is in line for a promotion and will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Enlisted to solve a brutal murder and threatened by the aspirations of his colleagues, including Ray Lennox (Jamie Bell), Bruce sets about ensuring their ruin, right under the nose of unwitting Chief Inspector Toal. As he turns his colleagues against one another by stealing their wives and exposing their secrets, Bruce starts to lose himself in a web of deceit that he can no longer control. His past is slowly catching up with him, and a missing wife, a crippling drug habit and suspicious colleagues start to take their toll on his sanity. The question is: can he keep his grip on reality long enough to disentangle himself from the filth?