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It's a Free World...

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It's a Free World...

It's a Free World...

It's a Free World...

original title:

It's a Free World...

italian title:

In questo mondo libero

directed by:

Ken Loach

cast:

Kierston Wareing, Juliet Ellis, Leslaw Zurek, Joe Siffleet, Colin Coughlin, Maggie Russell, Raymond Mearns, Davoud Rastgou, Mahin Aminnia, Shadeh Kavousian, Sheeva Kavousian, Frank Gilhooley, David Doyle, Eddie Webber, Johnny Palmiero

screenplay:

Paul Laverty

cinematography:

Nigel Willoughby

editing:

Jonathan Morris

set design:

Fergus Clegg

costume design:

Carole K. Millar

music:

George Fenton

producer:

Rebecca O'Brien, Valerio De Paolis, Rafal Buks, Piotr Reisch

production:

Sixteen Films, BIM Film, Tornasol, EMC Produktion, FilmFour, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, SPI International

distribution:

Bim Distribuzione [Italy]

world sales:

Pathé [France]

country:

UK/Italy/Germany/Spain

year:

2007

film run:

96'

format:

35mm - colour

release date:

05/10/2007

festivals & awards:

Angie may not have much formal education, but she’s got energy, wit and ambition, and above all she is in her prime. Her life has been a mess and she’s fed up with it all. She now has a point to prove This is her moment. Angie sets up a recruitment agency with her flat-mate Rose, working in a run down area populated by gang leaders, employment agencies and migrant workers looking for jobs. This is a tale set against the reality of the Anglo Saxon miracle of flexible labour, globalisation, double shifts and lots of incredibly, happy consumers. Us.