The Acid House (1998)

Experience a riveting journey through Scotland's gritty underbelly in The Acid House, a thrilling trilogy that springs from the inventive mind of Irvine Welsh. This cinematic triptych opens with "The Granton Star Cause," a whirlwind tale of a young Leith local whose day spirals from bad to worse: abandoned by his football team, his girlfriend, and his parents, roughed up by the cops, and then transformed into a fly by none other than God himself, met in an unassuming pub. In the second tale, "The Soft Touch," we meet a man crippled by his own gentleness, incapable of taking action when his wife leaves him for the brutish individual living upstairs. The final saga, "The Acid House," delivers a surreal narrative where Coco Bryce, in the throes of an acid trip, is struck by lightning leading to an extraordinary event—his soul swaps places with a newborn baby's. Buckle up for this mesmerizing odyssey that pushes the boundaries of reality, exploring the complexities of life, loss, and identity in the shadow of the ordinary.

The Acid House is a comedy movie featuring Ewen Bremner.

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