--- title: 'My Name Is Joe (1998)' type: 'film' director: 'Ken Loach' released: '1998-01-01' runtime_minutes: 105 certification: 'R' genres: - 'Drama' - 'Comedy' - 'Romance' countries: - 'Germany' - 'United Kingdom' - 'France' - 'Italy' - 'Spain' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/my-name-is-joe-1998' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151691/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # My Name Is Joe (1998) 1998 · R · 105 min · Drama, Comedy, Romance · Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain ## Synopsis My Name Is Joe is a 1998 British romantic drama film directed by Ken Loach. The film stars Peter Mullan as Joe Kavanagh, an unemployed recovering alcoholic in Glasgow, Scotland, who meets and falls in love with a health visitor, played by Louise Goodall. David McKay plays his troubled friend Liam. The film's title is a reference to the ritualised greeting performed in Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, as portrayed in the film's opening scene. ## Credits - **Director:** [Ken Loach](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-loach) - **Screenplay:** [Paul Laverty](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-laverty) - **Original Music Composer:** [George Fenton](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-fenton) - **Producer:** [Rebecca O'Brien](https://cinepixo.com/people/rebecca-o-brien) - **Director of Photography:** [Barry Ackroyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-ackroyd) - **Editor:** [Jonathan Morris](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-morris) ## Cast - [Gary Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/gary-lewis) as Shanks - [David Hayman](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-hayman) - [Peter Mullan](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-mullan) as Joe - [Stephen McCole](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-mccole) - [Lorraine McIntosh](https://cinepixo.com/people/lorraine-mcintosh) as Maggie - [David McKay](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-mckay) as Liam - [Anne-Marie Kennedy](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-marie-kennedy) as Sabine - [Louise Goodall](https://cinepixo.com/people/louise-goodall) as Sarah ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/my-name-is-joe-1998 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1917949); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.