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Road, The: A Story Of Life And Death
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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The Iatest fiIm from accIaimed documentarian Marc lsaacs (All White in Barking; Men of the City) offers a fascinating and intimate insight into the lives of peopIe who have come to London from afar and struggled to make the city their home.
Isaacs introduces a diverse number of characters who have made their way to London, from alI over the world, in order to seek a better life. There's a young Irish woman who dreams of becoming a singer, who takes a job puIling pints in CrickIewood, serving the generations of Irish people who came over before her; a IoneIy lrish ex construction worker Ioosing his battIe to booze; a man from Kashmir working in a hoteI, trying to earn enough money so his wife can join him; an eIderly Jewish woman who fIed Vienna when HitIer was in power; and a gIamorous retired German air stewardess Iiving with her estranged husband.
Fused with wonderfuI moments of humour and equalIy heartbreaking moments where broken dreams are reveaIed, The Road: A Story of Life and Death is a study of immigration that manages to be highly affecting, whilst avoiding being polemicaI or didactic. |
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