Carla's Song

1987, love in time of war: bus driver George meets Carla, a Nicaraguan exile living a precarious, profoundly-sad life in Glasgow. Her back is scarred, her boyfriend missing, her family dispersed; she's suicidal. George takes her to Nicaragua to find out what's happened to them and help her face her past.

Cast

Robert Carlyle

as George Lennox

Oyanka Cabezas

as Carla

Scott Glenn

as Bradley

Louise Goodall

as Maureen

Salvador Espinoza

as Rafael

Margaret McAdam

as George's Mother

Gary Lewis

as Sammy

Subash Singh Pall

as Victor

Stewart Preston

as McGurk

Richard Loza

as Antonio

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