Shuggie Bain

Shuggie Bain tells the tragic story of an impoverished childhood in 1980s Glasgow. Shuggie is an effeminate boy who struggles to fit in, and so looks to his mother Agnes as a guiding light.

Agnes is convinced of her own stardom and dreams big of a house with its own front door. But she finds herself increasingly drawn to drink and oblivion, draining away their benefits which is the only means they have to survive.

Shuggie cares for her as she battles her addiction while he strives to be the normal boy he longs to be.