Film

It's a Free World... 2007

Drama 96 min NR

Working-class Angie, sacked from a recruitment agency for bad public behaviour, teams up with her flatmate to run a similar business from their kitchen. With immigrants desperate for work, the opportunities are considerable, particularly for two girls so in tune with these times.

Drama Worker Class society Great britain Capitalism Illegal immigration Exploitation Social realism Labor rights

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Prestige, bleak, spare and intimate.

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