Stephen McCole

My Name Is Joe -- Joe Cavanaugh thought he finally had his life together -- odd jobs, the love of a good woman, the respect of the community. But when a young man on a soccer team he coaches gets in trouble with the mob, Joe must battle his past to save his future.

After living the past two decades of his life as an alcoholic, Scottsman Joe Kavanagh (Peter Mullan) is pursuing sobriety and giving back to his Glasgow neighborhood by playing soccer. Problems arise, however, when a struggling teammate (David McKay) and his drug-addict girlfriend (Anne-Marie Kennedy) enlist Joe's help in repaying a debt to a dangerous gang.

Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh adapts three surreal, darkly comic vignettes from his collection of short stories set in the Scottish slums, including the title tale about an acidhead who switches bodies with a pampered infant. In "The Granton Star Cause," a slacker faces a string of rejections, thanks to the whims of a cruel, foulmouthed God. In "A Soft Touch," a hapless husband struggles with a sadistic neighbor.

Joe Cavanaugh thought he finally had his life together -- odd jobs, the love of a good woman, the respect of the community. But when a young man on a soccer team he coaches gets in trouble with the mob, Joe must battle his past to save his future.

Joe Kavanagh thought he finally had his life together - odd jobs, the love of a good woman, the respect of the community. But when a young man on a soccer team he coaches gets in trouble with the mob, Joe must battle his past to save his future.

After living the past two decades of his life as an alcoholic, Scottsman Joe Kavanagh (Peter Mullan) is pursuing sobriety and giving back to his Glasgow neighborhood by playing soccer. Problems arise, however, when a struggling teammate (David McKay) and his drug-addict girlfriend (Anne-Marie Kennedy) enlist Joe's help in repaying a debt to a dangerous gang.