Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St
312.846.2600
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It's a Free World...
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Saturday Mar 15, 2008 (7pm)
Thursday Mar 20, 2008 (6pm)
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$9
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British director Ken Loach (The Wind that Shakes the Barley, 2006) just may be the reigning king of cinematic socialist realism. In It's a Free World..., he tackles the precarious issue of immigrant labor without employing the clear-cut bad guys that normally doom social-conscience films. Desperate to start a successful business, struggling single mum Angie sets up a recruitment agency that pairs illegal immigrants with temporary, under-the-table jobs. Danger ensues for all involved, and it's to the credit of the actors and the script that each character remains sympathetic in the shadow of such a nefarious system.
