Movie
It's a Free World...
Overview
Angie is a working class woman. After being fired, she decides to set up a recruitment agency of her own, running it from her kitchen with her friend, Rose. Taking advantage of the desperation of immigrants, Angie builds a successful business extremely quickly.
Details
- Release date
- 2007-09-28
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Sixteen Films, BiM Distribuzione, EMC, Tornasol Media, SPI International, Film4 Productions
- Country
- United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Kierston Wareing as Angie
- Juliet Ellis as Rose
- Lesław Żurek as Karol
- Colin Caughlin as Geoff
- Joe Siffleet as Jamie
- Frank Gilhooley as Derek
- Davoud Rastgou as Mahmoud
- David Doyle as Tony
- Raymond Mearns as Andy
- Maggie Russell as Cathy
- Branko Tomović as Milan
Crew
- Ken Loach - Director
- Paul Laverty - Screenplay
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