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Irvine Welsh: Reality is Not Enough

Directed by: Paul Sng
Runtime: 1h 28min Certificate: 18 Year: 2025
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Directed by: Paul Sng
Runtime: 1h 28min Certificate: 18 Year: 2025
Country: UK
Topics: Arts & Culture
Last Screened: Wed 1st Oct 2025

Irvine Welsh is at a crossroads.

After experiencing the huge success of several film adaptations and six million books sold worldwide (including Trainspotting and Filth), he has become acutely aware of his own mortality.  Now, with his hedonistic days drawing to a close, the outspoken author decides to explore the boundaries of consciousness through a psychedelic DMT trip.

Through this unique lens, join Welsh on a brutally honest examination of his life. And still one burning question remains – what will come next? This captivating piece of autobiographical filmmaking combines intimate observational footage with readings from his novels narrated by Liam Neeson, Stephen Graham, Nick Cave, Ruth Negga and Maxine Peake.

Reviews

'A candid portrait of a literary one-off'

- The Guardian