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A carpenter fights the system for Employment and Support Allowance after a heart-attack.
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After having suffered a heart-attack, a 59-year-old carpenter must fight the bureaucratic forces of the system in order to receive Employment and Support Allowance.
"Society has failed, at least in its mechanisms for taking care of those in need. This is the outlook Director Ken Loach brings in a critical look into the failure of the British welfare state and the so-called "austerity program" of the local government in recent years. All this wrapped up in an emotional narrative that makes us draw some parallels with Brazil."