It's a Free World...

Sep 28, 2007

1h 36m

★ 6.6

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Sixteen Films

BiM Distribuzione

EMC

Tornasol Media

SPI International

Film4 Productions

It's a Free World... Trailers

Cast

Angie

Kierston Wareing

Rose

Juliet Ellis

Karol

Lesław Żurek

Geoff

Colin Caughlin

Jamie

Joe Siffleet

Derek

Frank Gilhooley

Mahmoud

Davoud Rastgou

Tony

David Doyle

Andy

Raymond Mearns

Cathy

Maggie Russell

Milan

Branko Tomović

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