
Once the economic crisis has put the financial situation of the family of the Turners under a shot. Abby (Debbie Haywood) is forced to work as a nurse for a pittance, and Rick (Chris Hitchens) jumps with a vacancy on another. Now he is sitting in office in delivery of parcels. The chief promises freedom of action and independence. In the end, Rick will work himself for themselves, the company provides a franchise. Only need to buy a van for 4 thousand pounds to begin the work.
The reality is much more harsh. Manage to bring a parcel for hours, otherwise fine. You need time to come to quickly load the boxes into the van, otherwise fine. And, of course, you need to be polite with a client. Tough conditions, work on 14 hours in the exhausting schedule. Beautiful words about the freedom and independence are transformed into ash on the signing of a contract. For children there's no time, son, compensates for the lack of attention to petty hooliganism in dubious company, and daughter may fall asleep while parents not coming home. In the apartment has an atmosphere of constant tension. Problems piling up, but no one wants to solve, each family lays in a drawer. First, we need to think about how would earn on bread.
And here there comes a time when everything goes under the slope. Down and down. The worst thing is that the film is not offers a way out. He doesn't solve the problem, but it just describes it. The Director (Ken loach) see what built modern society and make it to offend the viewers who are put up with the rules of the game. Because of this hopelessness becomes sick, want to leave a session forget seen. The picture indicates that in the world of new technologies people still be a commodity. Driver — not people. Have no emotions, problems and feelings. There's only an hour to deliver the package to door to go to other orders. So it. So left.
It's amazing how similar the films participating at the Cannes film festival. It would seem that the action takes place in different parts of the world, but the problem is the same everywhere. Poverty, lack of confidence in the future. The feeling when you have a family and kids, which need to feed, clothe, and carry school, no money. And time, too. As and understanding between each other. It in a strange way we are common.
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