Ken Loach (My Name is Joe) returns to his native Scotland with this        gritty, coming-of-age drama about a teenager (Martin Compston) struggling to     survive while waiting for his mother to be released from prison. Casting         non-actors in the lead roles, Loach brings a rough, yet compassionate realism  to the film that reflects the political and social climate of his homeland.    "Confident, uncompromising and blisteringly realistic" (Kenneth Turan, Los  Ken Loach---Great Britain---2003---106 mins.