Liman şehri Séte... 60 yaşında çökmüş bir adam olduğu halde hala tersanede çalışan Süleyman'ın işi her geçen yıl daha da güçleşmektedir. Karısından boşanmış olsa da ailesine yakın olmak için elinden geleni yapar. Ayrılıklar ve çekişmelerle dolu bir geçmiş daima kendini hissettirir ve parasal sıkıntılar tüm zorlukların üzerine tuz biber eker. Bu zor zamanlarda sanki her şey Süleyman'ın çaresizliğini ve acizliğini arttırmaktadır. Sürekli olarak tek çıkış yolunu düşünür: kendi işini kurmak, yani bir lokanta açmak... Ama bu planını hayata geçirmesi hiç de kolay değildir, yetersiz ve düzensiz geliriyle ihtiyacı olan sermayeyi denkleştirmesi neredeyse imkansız gibidir. Ama bu hayal kurmasına ve hayalini başta ailesi olmak üzere çevresindekilere anlatmasına engel değildir. Zamanla ailenin biraraya gelip destek vermesiyle bu proje, ailenin her üyesi için daha iyi bir yaşamın simgesi olur...
Jimmy McGovern's depiction of the mid 90s Liverpool dockers strike. Featuring script contributions from Irvine Welsh and the real dockers themselves
Aristos, a ship worker and singer at a popular tavern in the evening, is preparing to marry a poor girl, Maryio. One night at the shop comes the rich Elena, which hides the truth about her financial situation, he falls in love with her and separates him from Maryio. However, after an accident, the real identity of Elena is revealed, as is the fact that she is betrothed. Elena, seeing the misfortune she has scattered around her, pretends that Aristos was just an adventure for her and lets him return to Maryio.
The legendary world heavyweight boxing champion, John Arthur 'Jack' Johnson, visits Manchester.
Le Havre, France, in 1949. In a town that still shows the scars of war, several friends meet up in Albert's café. One of them, Laurent, has lost his job on the docks and his marriage to Madeleine is falling apart. He knows that his wife wants to start an affair with friend, Jean Sauviot. Jean is a lonely man who is attracted to Madeleine but doesn't want to commit himself to the wife of a friend. On the day that Madeleine tells her husband that she is seeing Jean, Laurent goes looking for Jean to find an explanation. Arriving on the docks in the evening, he attacks an American sailor who looks like Jean, but the man fights back and runs away after killing Laurent accidentally. Madeleine thinks that Laurent was killed by Jean and believes that she can start a new life with her lover. The police have other ideas...
Documentary following dockers of Liverpool sacked in a labour dispute and their supporters’ group, Women of the Waterfront, as they receive support from around the world and seek solidarity at the TUC conference.
