The Angels' Share
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| Directed by | Ken Loach |
| Written by | Paul Laverty |
| Produced by | Rebecca O'Brien |
| Starring | Paul Brannigan John Henshaw William Ruane Gary Maitland |
| Cinematography | Robbie Ryan |
| Edited by | Jonathan Morris |
| Music by | George Fenton |
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| Distributed by | Entertainment One |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Countries | United Kingdom France Belgium Italy |
| Languages | English Scots |
| Box office | £4,376,696 |
The Angels' Share is a 2012 comedy-drama film directed by Ken Loach and starring Paul Brannigan, John Henshaw, and William Ruane. Set in Glasgow, Scotland, it tells the story of a young father who narrowly avoids a prison sentence. He is determined to turn over a new leaf and when he and his friends from the same community payback group visit a whisky distillery, a route to a new life becomes apparent. The title is from "the angels' share", a term for the portion (share) of a whisky's volume that is lost to evaporation during aging in oak barrels.