Angie may not have much formal education, but she’s got energy, wit and ambition, and she’s in her prime. She’s been messed about in the past and she’s fed up. She has a point to prove. This is her moment.
Angie sets up a recruitment agency with her flat-mate Rose, working in a twilight zone between gangmasters, employment agencies and the migrant workers they place. This is a tale set against the reality of the Anglo Saxon miracle of flexible labour, globalisation, double shifts and lots of happy, happy, happy consumers: Us.
93 min., English (Dutch subtitles)
Director: Ken Loach
Script: Paul Laverty
Production: Rebecca O’Brien, BIM Distribuzione, UK 2007
With: Kierston Wareing (Angie), Juliet Ellis (Rose), Leslaw Zurek (Karol), Joe Siffleet (Jamie), Colin Coughlin (Geoff), e.a.
35mm Cinéart
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