Tony ist schüchtern, soziopathisch veranlagt und lebt in einem schäbigen Appartement in einem ebenso schäbigen Viertel von London. Seine Zeit vertreibt er sich mit dem Schauen von abgenudelten VHS-Filmen, durch Londons Straßen zu ziehen und dabei ebenso abgewrackte Typen, wie er selbst ist, anzusprechen und mit nach Hause zu nehmen. Für Leute die länger bleiben als Toni lieb ist, hat er nichts übrig außer einer Plastiktüte. Sorgsam auseinander genommen und gut verpackt, versenkt der Soziopath seine Opfer in der dreckigen Themse. Als dann ein Kind aus Tonis Gegend verschwindet, gerät er schnell in Verdacht.
A recently laid off steel mill worker in a little seaside town starts losing his wife to a local TV anchor.
Manchester, the present. Michael divides his time between the job center and the pub. A chance meeting with Lee, an introduction to her Uncle Ian and a heavy night on the lash lead to a job working the door at a Northern Quarter massage parlor. After witnessing the violent death of one of the punters, Michael experiences blood-drenched flashbacks and feels himself being sucked into a twilight world that he doesn't understand but that is irresistibly attractive. When he eventually finds out what goes on in the room below Cloud 9, Michaels' life will never be the same again.
An unfocused twentysomething moves in with a former co-worker, who is suffering from low self-esteem because of her weight, looks, and a case of eczema. Their relationship is based on unending drink, drugs, and sex.
In a not-so-distant future, Adeel must comply with the machines to survive.
With the energy of the dying, those in power apply themselves to reasserting the value of work – with force, if need be. But more and more workers have understood that, to truly value their work, they have to do without it. They also have to get rid of the society of consumption that goes along with it. It may not be easy, but it is certainly amusing. We present a panorama of a mass desertion destined to spread.
3.5 million children are growing up in poverty in the UK. It’s one of the worst rates in the industrialised world and successive governments continue to struggle to bring it into line. Struggling & without a voice, 'Poor Kids' shines a light on this pressing issue.
A short documentary following the last 5 hours of a 59-years-old man, Ahmed before becoming homeless due to the late payments and bureaucracy by the Department for Work and Pensions.