Working in other countries, like having a gap year is practically taken for granted these days. It’s a rite of passage, like Australian’s who come to London. Sitting in Sydney, they’re thinking, it’s all sun, sea and surf here, so if this is the land of milk and honey, how good must the motherland be? Exactly. And slowly and surely they realise no matter where you live your problems are exactly the same. Foxes is no different. Bekta, an economic immigrant, is living and working as a nanny in Dublin. Her sister is the good one of the family – nice job, nice house, nice boyfriend. Meanwhile Bekta is trouble. She works hard, she plays hard – and she gets someone to hold her hair back when she pukes hard. It’s a very grim and gritty film and unfortunately nothing much really happens apart from poverty porn and sisterly tiffs. Ultimately it paints a bleak rainy day picture of our lives and relationships. And when the projector breaks down several times during the screening of the film it’s not a good omen – and sadly that was the most exciting part of it.
Showing @ Filmhouse 2, 25th of June 22:15 and 26th of June 20:30