Sunshine on Leith

Sunshine on Leith follows two friends, Davy and Ally, as they return to Edinburgh after serving in Afghanistan and try to rebuild ordinary lives outside the army. Ally resumes his relationship with Liz, while Davy becomes involved with Yvonne, Liz's closest friend. Around them, Liz and Davy's parents, Rab and Jean, are preparing to mark their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, until something out of Rab's past comes back to unsettle the family and puts the couples under strain. The story unfolds through the songs of the Scottish pop-folk band The Proclaimers, and the film is based on the stage musical of the same name, written by Stephen Greenhorn, who also wrote the screenplay.

Dexter Fletcher directed, making his second feature after Wild Bill and before Eddie the Eagle, Rocketman and Ghosted. The cast includes George MacKay as Davy, Kevin Guthrie as Ally, Freya Mavor as Liz, Jane Horrocks as Jean and Peter Mullan as Rab, with Paul Brannigan as Ronnie. It was produced by DNA Films, the BFI, Creative Scotland and Black Camel Pictures, and the credited crew numbered forty-one. The film runs 100 minutes and took about 9 million dollars worldwide. On IMDb it holds 6.6 out of 10 from roughly 7,700 votes, and on TMDB 6.6 out of 10 from 139 votes, a similar average from a much smaller sample.