2008-02-29 19:24:06, 4ary napisał(a):
Ale z ta informacja z Dublina to pojechales jak DM. Irlandia jest juz od dawna suwerennym panstwem (pomijajac pewien polnocny kawalek). To tak jakby DM napisal ze rosyjscy mieszkancy Warszawy napadli angielskiego obywatela.

[ Ostatnio edytowany przez: <i>4ary</i> 29-02-2008 19:24 ]

This is a film which should be viewed by all the Daily Mail readers who think that all this country's problems are caused by immigrants and Asylum seekers.

This film shows how the poor folks who enter this country are treated, how they are effectively treated as slaves on a "starvation wage". Exploiters think the exploited should be thankful for what they've got.

This is the true picture of the immigration situation in the UK. Immigrants don't sponge form this country - unscrupulous business men exploit them in the most demoralising ways.

The film deals with this from an interesting angle. A woman who has been 'screwed over' in every job she is in. After being fired from an agency who entice foreign workers into the UK on the back of false promises of a regular wage, she decides to set up her own agency.

Angie is a single mother, hard working, she wants the best for her son. But she too exploits the foreign workers and coins it in whilst they go for weeks without receiving a wage.

Rose is her flatmate/business partner - and has a more solid moral conscience.

Things aren't black and white in this film - you empathise with Angie and are desperate for her to come up on top. But you also want her to get her comeuppance for adding to the problems of desperate people and treating them as her business assets rather than human beings.

Things get ugly for her, but the violence and also compassion by those who seek vengeance adds to the fullness of this film.

I personally have always been a left-wing thinker and supported the plight of the foreigners who are mistreated, abused, and used as a hate vehicle by the media. This film will hopefully open the eyes of those who think that 'Johnny Foreigner' is coming over here and `stealing our jobs'.

We should be disgusted by the conditions imposed on the forgotten workforce who are hidden and mistreated in order that we can buy cheap products at the super markets and clothes shops.

Angie's dad is the voice of reason in this film; he is disgusted by what his daughter is doing. It is her dad who uses the phrase "starvation wage' - Angie is in denial and convinces herself that she is doing good, even accusing him of being a rightwing National Front thinker when he is actually voice his opinion from the left!

The realism of this film gives it an extra boost. The acting doesn't look like acting, it looks like real people in real situations. At points I was convinced that some of the roles aren't played by actors, but people in the actual role. Whether this is the case or not, Loach has managed to pull off another classic showing real life in a way the viewer can believe.

There - I managed to review a Ken Loach film without using the word "Gritty" once! Doh - I used typed it!!!