Felix, the Paramedic
Três histórias diferentes são contadas em "Vida Ácida": primeiro um rapaz, péssimo jogador amador de futebol, é expulso de seu time e tem, na sequência, o pior dia de sua vida, com uma série de decepções e fracassos, culminando em um encontro com Deus em um bar, que resolve se vingar de toda a humanidade, começando por ele; no segundo segmento, um rapaz apaixonado assume o filho e casa-se com uma mulher na esperança de constituir uma família feliz, mas um vizinho que se muda para o apartamento de cima vai perturbar a harmonia do casal; e por último, um jovem troca de corpo com um bebê recém-nascido e torna-se espião da vida de um casal com problemas conjugais. As histórias possuem como foco a miséria humana e a vida secreta de todo indivíduo.
Bus Driver
It's winter in a small Scottish village near the sea, and multiple lives intersect in a day. Frances has just lost her husband to an early death, so her mother, Elspeth, travels to Frances' house to reconnect with her daughter and grandson, Alex. Meanwhile, old women Chloe and Lily go to a funeral, youngsters Sam and Tom cut class, and Alex gets a crush on tomboy Nita.
Iain
An off-beat romantic comedy about the complex relationships between the inhabitants of a Glasgow tenement block. The final film in the Love Bites trilogy.
Barman
In Edinburgh washed up country-and-western singer John McGuire is broke and his family is emigrating. He and grandson Billy share the same dreams. They run away together in search of John's wealthy American ex-co-star Betsy Hall.
Aly
A biopic about convicted murderer Larry Winters.
Hickey
Annie Kirk's life is in chaos. She is broke, unemployed, can't pay her poll tax and has two boyfriends she wants to be shot of. She is determined to break out, but how can she get the cash? Annie dreams up an ingenious plan - having a baby. The plan has alarming consequences.
Joe
Linda and Gail are Hell's Belles - an alternative comedy double act. When success begins to beckon, they must decide whether to change their act or keep doing what they believe in. Are their principles justified - or are they just 'biting the hands' that feed them?
Eddie Brogan
On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin is hurtling through space. Down below, 7-year-old Billy Wilson keeps watching the skies, itching for an encounter with an alien being. When he discovers a mysterious stranger in a house nearby, events take a sinister turn. -GusF
Fergie (the driver)
Set in the bleak backdrop of Edinburgh a low level drug dealer strives for making a living and surviving the natural elements of such an environment day to day.
Mr Ritchie
A woman looks back on her life as a political activist in Scotland from the 1950s to the 1970s.
Reporter 2
Vic Mathews teaches a remedial class at the Blessed Edith Semple School in Scotland. Some at the school are trying to discover the two more miracles that would promote the late Edith Semple to sainthood; Mathews, a non-believer, wishes the school would concentrate on teaching the children. He becomes confused, however, when he is involved in possibly miraculous events himself! Written by George S. Davis
Renato
Radio host Alan 'Dickie' Bird witnesses how an icecream van is attacked and destroyed by angry competitors. This leads him into the struggle between two Italian families over the icecream market of Glasgow.
