| Ae Fond Kiss… | |
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| Directed by | Ken Loach |
| Written by | Paul Laverty |
| Produced by | Rebecca O'Brien |
| Starring | Atta Yaqub Eva Birthistle |
| Cinematography | Barry Ackroyd |
| Edited by | Jonathan Morris |
| Music by | George Fenton |
| Distributed by | Icon Film Distribution |
Release dates |
17 September 2004 (United Kingdom) |
Running time | 104 minutes |
| Countries | United Kingdom Belgium Germany Italy Spain |
| Languages | English Punjabi |
| Budget | £3 million |
Ae Fond Kiss... (also known as Just a Kiss[1] in some countries) is a 2004 romantic drama film directed by Ken Loach, and starring Atta Yaqub and Eva Birthistle. The title is taken from a Scottish song by Robert Burns, the complete line being "Ae Fond Kiss, and then we sever..."
The film explores the complications which ensue when second-generation Scottish Pakistani Casim (who is Muslim) and Roisin (a Catholic immigrant from Ireland) fall in love.
- ^ "In the British film Just a Kiss (2004), Loach gives a voice to Tahara, who, like Irie, tries to inscribe her subjectivity in a mostly white Scottish school. The film narrates the problems migrant characters face because of their race and culture." Coelsch-Foisner, Sabine and Fernández Morales. The Human Body in Contemporary Literatures in English: Cultural and Political Implications. Peter Lang International Academic Publishers, 2009: 53.