Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures

2022
1h 53m

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Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures (2022)

Hundreds of migrants descend on the UK village of Great Yarmouth seeking work in the region's turkey processing plants.Hundreds of migrants descend on the UK village of Great Yarmouth seeking work in the region's turkey processing plants.Hundreds of migrants descend on the UK village of Great Yarmouth seeking work in the region's turkey processing plants.

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Martins had spent five years researching the immigrant communities in Great Yarmouth, drawing heavily from real experiences to shape the script. The film's stark aesthetic, with its decadent seafronts and haunting marshlands, paints the town almost as a character in itself. It juxtaposes decayed remnants of tourism with the harsh realities of exploitation, creating an environment where survival is both physical and emotional.

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6/10

A story based on EU freedom of movement

Strange sounding concept, a Portugese film about Great Yarmouth. It has some pretty gruesome scenes from the turkey factory early on, but stick with it because these are to set the scene around the type of work the immigrants are required to do. The film follows Tania's desparate attempts to build a better life for herself at the expense of the people coming over to work. It's hard to imagine how bad their lives in Portugal would need to be for this life to be considered the best option for any of the people involved. Interesting piece of work.

The Great Yarmouth setting adds a surreal element with the comparison between the ageing seaside resort and it's very mixed population.