Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures (2022) Movie Script
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October 2019, Great Yarmouth,
Norfolk (GB).
Three months before Brexit.
Once an idyllic beach holiday destination
for the English working class,
the city is now
one of the poorest in the UK.
Provisional Figures is the name used
in statistics to classify all immigrants
whose situation and status
is undefined or provisional
and who are currently
working in the United Kingdom.
Behind the Golden Mile
and all the lights and amusements
glaring on the promenade,
there's a vast inland salt marsh.
It's a stark place,
but really beautiful.
On those marshes, there's a bird reserve
where I used to live and work.
There we used to pump water
onto the land to create habitat
for the waders migrating
in the spring and autumn.
And in the summer, we used
to take groups of people around
pointing out birds, plants,
anything of interest, really.
I keep having this dream.
Where I wake up in bed to the sound
of a ring of magpies fighting outside
the caravan on the marshes.
Like children in the school
playground...
I go out to look.
It's still dark.
And one of the birds looks at me
and says,
'Hey man...
'Hey man...
'Are you awake?
Are you awake?'
Fucking birds...
I feel like they're nesting on my head.
In this lesson you can learn how to use
English in common hotel situations.
Assuredly I can install more Portuguese
workers for very little money.
Very comfortable rooms...
many, many workers.
I can install comfort... comfortably.
Comfortably.
- Comfortably.
- Comfortably...
Comfortably... Comf...
Richie?
Wake up. It's time. We got work to do.
You go on without me.
Catch up with you later on.
But they are waiting, yeah?
Today is Paul's meeting.
Just tell them we can fit more Pork
and Cheeses in my father's hotels.
Alright sweetie?
Tat?
Yeah, of course.
Tell Paul I'll call him later.
Come on, love.
Christmas campaign is coming.
Provide.
Hi! My name is Carly.
Welcome to Norfolk Online
English Classes.
Let's look at some key phrases
and useful vocabulary
for travelling situations.
I would like to make a reservation
for a very long stay.
And a view of the sea front.
Sea front.
On the sea front.
Adjoining room with a sea view.
We...
We can provide a large room...
for very inexpensive...
costs.
You can use cooking area.
Hi, Tat.
You haven't showered, love?
You still smell of dog.
Very comfortable.
Close to amenities...
Amenities...
Oh, good amenities... amenities.
- C'mon! Get up!
- Let's go!
- Morning, Mother.
- Morning. Did you sleep better today?
- Morning, Mother.
- Bye.
- Morning, Mother.
- Morning.
Same time every day.
C'mon!
C'mon boys.
We ain't on holiday now people,
c'mon.
We must leave in four minutes.
Let's do this.
Cardoso,
you must work like everybody else.
Otherwise I can't help you.
I can't move my hand.
Wakey-wakey!
Hands off your cocks, move it.
- Morning, Mother.
- Morning.
- Morning, Mother.
- What's up, Filipe?
- Hang in there, Milinha.
- Luizinha?
- I'm not well today, I can't work.
- I'll try and help you.
I'll talk to Mother.
I hope she doesn't put me
on deboning today.
Many, many workers...
We can install
many, many workers.
Comfortably.
Comfort...
- Comfortably...
- Comfortably.
Comfortably.
OCTOBER
Good amenities.
Comfortably.
Hi Tnia... how many?
Thirty-two.
- Thirty-two?
- Yeah, there's one missing.
- There's one missing?
- Yeah, he's not well.
- Alright.
- He's feeling sick, he's feeling cold.
All workers should wear the required
safety gear while on the premises.
Overalls must also be kept
clean and tidy...
To minimise the risks of food
contamination
by biological or chemical agents...
No lazy workers, Pedro.
Trimming workers are already in.
They don't want delays.
Guidinha,
you're on EV today,
did you hear?
Guida, you're on EV.
Age?
Hands?
The other way around.
Teeth, please?
Teeth.
Jos.
Show the lady your teeth.
I cut myself.
On deboning.
Provide.
Many, many, many workers.
Very good price.
We talked about this with Richard
before, more than once.
We are a little bit concerned
about the workers' conditions.
Yes, we need to make sure
we stick to the rules.
This is really strict.
We can't do...
We can't do it as a business.
We gonna end up having massive,
massive problems if you're gonna do this.
We just wanna make sure
we deliver to the costumer...
No problem.
I provide the rooms
and I can comfortably install them.
I take care of the workers.
I take care of the workers, I...
comfortably install them
in good amenities
with a view for sea front.
I help with paperwork and...
I keep a close eye.
You know, I take care of them
as I would take care of my own children.
And they call me Mother.
The Portuguese workers are better workers
than the gypsies you bring here.
Yeah, but the gypsies don't complain
about their breaks.
We've got in the business set break...
How many you've got?
Like, 3 breaks.
Each break is a 15-minute.
Gypsies don't complain because
gypsies can't speak a word of English.
So give me a number.
Is it 30, 40, 80?
100?
I haven't slept a wink all week.
All night long, so much noise...
Everybody making noise.
I haven't slept a fucking wink.
That soup smells good.
- It does, I hope it's tasty.
- Yes, you need to eat.
Does your room have three beds?
For God's sake,
are they fucking with me?
I haven't slept at all this week,
it's like we're living in barracks,
three to a room...
We work our arses off,
and she doesn't help with shit!
Nobody says anything,
everyone keeps their mouth shut.
Let's talk to everyone else,
let's get together...
Cardoso, open up.
Your husband came by again.
Won't leave me alone.
Fucking addict.
'Oy Ral, Ral?
'Ral?
'You be a good boy. You be a good boy.
You give me a tip.
Give me a tip, Ral.'
And I just made it up.
'Molly, trap 5, race 7.
'Speedy Bullets, trap 6, race 9.
'Sure win.
Sure win, Richie.'
He owes everyone money.
He might lose the hotels.
You have to talk to him, Tat.
Fleecing the Portuguese isn't my thing.
I don't want to lose this job.
I got your 400 to give you, baby.
What did they say about new workers?
They need more workers.
- How many?
- Many.
- How many?
- Many. Many workers.
They must have given you a number.
Many for Christmas campaign.
They did not give a number.
Right.
Stick them in The Ambassador.
Lots of space there.
Three to a room.
Don't be so fucking soft on them.
Right?
- Well, they work hard.
- Hard?
- Yeah.
- Like Cardoso?
The one that can walk and can't work?
Why is he still here, Tat?
Do you want me to tell you?
Disabilities.
Gonna rip the fucking government off
like the rest of them.
Where do you think you gonna get
the money for your refurbishment rooms
for your senior citizens, babe?
Christmas campaign is coming.
We can't be having Pork and Cheese
in our rooms without paying, right?
I know they call you Mother
but you can't be too soft on them.
Don't fuck up our little business,
sweetie.
- You know I love you.
- Yeah.
Sure.
You're a star, babe.
Don't blow this opportunity.
Fucking Cardoso is still not paying.
Give him a few more days,
he cut himself on the deboning.
Show me the 'refurnishments'.
How much more do we need, Tat?
We're almost there, love.
It'll look like that.
Super cute for the old people.
It'll be like on TV.
Refurbishments.
'Refurmishments.'
Refurbishments.
- Isn't that what I said?
- No.
Refurbish-ments.
Since you have such a high standing,
you could help me out, maybe?
So I get my life back on track.
Give me more hours.
They need everyone they can get,
the English won't touch the turkeys.
- They are launching new products.
- Until I get my life back on track.
You know I haven't missed work.
I know, Vtor.
I get up at 3, 3:30 a.m.
to catch the bus.
I've never missed a day's work, so...
For a week,
I waited for the bus to go to work.
But... every time they'd tell me
the bus was full. 'It's full,
it's not possible to take me for job.'
It's... it's about my life, right?
You already owe me two weeks, Paulo.
Now that you got your payslip,
you can pay for the bus too.
Here's your card.
What about the room?!
Can't you see?
There are three of us.
Is this a beehive, or what?
There's nothing better at this price.
At this price?
I could buy a tent, I'll go to...
- You do that, love.
- I'll buy a tent.
Fifty quid.
You should get a job, Mia.
You got a baby.
You keep thinking of yourself.
She told me to fuck off and go home
and not to come back again.
Say: 'Mommy lazy. Mommy's lazy.'
You're lazy.
Can't you just go down and tell Linda
that I was just being an idiot?
No, 'cause she hates me!
Well, she hates me!
Nothing for me, your sausages are shit.
I'm just telling you now.
- Hi, Syd.
- You OK?
- Yeah. You?
- I'm alright, thanks. You?
- How have you 'bean'?
- My beans? The beans are lovely.
- Beans?
- No, not "beans".
How've you been... Yeah.
I'm sorry. I'm doing very well.
Don't be mean to your grandson.
That's cruel.
- Hey baby, it's OK, look at mummy.
- He's funny.
When is he gonna pay, hey? 212?
He pays... He says he pays tonight.
- Tonight?
- Yeah. I'm going back there tonight.
Well, money's too tight to mention, Tat.
So make sure he does, right?
Granddad and Felix
gonna bop him on the nose.
Where's our money?
Where's our money?
You do it. Go on, you do it!
We can provide a very large room
with cooking area.
Cooking area...
Worries about damp,
worries about the sheets.
About conditions.
Door is not shutting properly,
windows are not shutting properly.
It's fucking dreadful.
I wouldn't put my fucking dogs
in some of them rooms, Tat.
You know, I just work
for you guys, but...
surely you can see
how shit it's getting up there.
It's this shit every night,
I don't need it.
No wonder people
are refusing to pay, Tat.
- He still hasn't left the room?
- Not since this morning.
But hey, that's alright.
Don't go hatin' on each other.
I've come and he's fuckin'
getting me in the ear.
I get it in the ear.
I've gotta give it to you in the ear.
And if Richard's here
I'll fuckin' tell him.
Good morning, Mother.
Cardoso.
I have your passport here.
You need to split.
For God's sake,
get the fuck out of here.
You know I need this job.
Give me just a few more days, Mother.
I'm almost well.
Good morning.
Carla, you're on EV today.
Jorge, you're on trimming.
Beautiful sea view.
Beautiful.
Beautiful view on the sea front.
Richie?
Richie?
Breathe, I'm taking you home.
Come on, love, breathe.
Take this money and go home.
You're going home.
Cardoso, can you hear me?
Here's some money,
I'll put you on a bus.
Take me home.
You're going home.
You'll be back to your wife.
They'll take care of you properly.
I'll put it here.
It's in your pocket, don't forget.
It's in your pocket.
Don't stop breathing.
That's right, love.
We're taking you home.
You're going home, Cardoso.
Cardoso's going home,
Cardoso's going home...
What are you doing, Tat?
Is he still breathing?
Just a minute!
C'mon baby, we're waiting!
Do you remember that little
Brazilian monkey my dad gave me?
I used to walk up and down the front
there with him on my shoulder
and all them tourists
would stop me for photos?
Right? Right?
So, anyway.
I'm telling a story here!
So anyway...
Well, this one day, right?
This family stops me and they want
a photo of their baby in the pram, so...
I get the monkey,
I put it with the baby in the pram...
The monkey...
It just shits all over the kid.
It's all over his head,
it's on his fucking eyes...
Spank the monkey!
- Dad, do you remember that monkey?
- Round and round.
Stop it!
Don't.
- Sing us a song, Tat.
- No.
Tat's gonna sing a song!
Tat! Tat! Tat!
Hi! I would like to make
a reservation for a very long stay.
Do you have adjoining rooms
with a sea view?
What did he say?
I don't want to work in the hotels
with you anymore.
It's over.
I'm not cut out for it.
One more Christmas and we're done.
We'll do a proper refurbishment.
With a new boiler.
Air conditioning.
Then we'll fill the place
with old people.
In the daytime we'll have line dancing,
bingo, and karaoke in the evening.
From March, we'll be working flat out.
He couldn't pay.
He was injured.
It will look like this.
Let's leave this place, Tat.
If your husband finds out
you've been stealing from him,
we're fucked.
Let's go back to Portugal.
This has run its course.
You want to be like them,
but they don't give a fuck about you.
The hotels are going to look beautiful.
Beautiful rooms with sea view.
You'll even learn line dancing.
NOVEMBER
There was hardly any foreigners
here when I was a kid.
Except these two black guys,
Paul and Bran.
I used to play football with 'em.
They were fine guys.
Don't forget why you're here, sweetie.
You should do the refurbishment
on The Ocean Bride.
And do your bingo nights
with your senior citizens.
Very large room.
Very large room.
Adjoining rooms.
- Very large room.
- Very large room.
Very large... Very large room.
Adjoining rooms.
Nine floors.
Adjoining rooms.
Adjoining rooms.
Adjoining rooms.
Yellow, 2-1-6-26.
Red, 2-0-9-20.
Red line, 1 and 5.
Any Portuguese been here today?
No, we just see them walking
around on the promenade.
Hello! Welcome to Great Yarmouth.
Here's your hotel.
We hope you have a lovely stay.
We're taking you on the horses
and carriages tomorrow.
- Thank you.
- Along the sea front...
Dinner tonight...
line dancing in the morning. OK?
Maintain one forward.
So it's: one, forward.
Cha-cha-cha.
One and cha-cha-cha.
Love, we have to clean
the downstairs rooms too.
The rooms stink of fucking shit.
Rub some Vicks on your nose, it helps.
I'm Mother to the Portuguese.
Hi, Tnia. Mother to the Portuguese.
Please fill in those forms.
We've got the hanging, we've got
the deboning and we've got the trimming.
It's not nice,
it's not pleasant but it's work.
So, in the factory we have...
four working areas for you.
Hanging:
hanging up the turkey.
Deboning:
deboning the animals.
Trimming:
cutting off the animals.
You must work hard and then pay rent.
Now, you need to advance the money
for the room and the bus,
for the first week.
The factory will decide
the number of hours
and when you work each week.
At the end of each week you'll get
a piece of paper called a payslip.
The payslip will show
the hours you worked that week
and the amount you are to be paid.
Lastly, I'm going to take your passports
and put them in a safe place.
When you go back to Portugal
I'll give them back.
If we're sharing rooms,
there's no privacy.
Will I have my own bathroom or not?
You're saying we'll have
to share rooms.
In Portugal we were told
we'd share houses.
To work one hour,
we have to pay 25 for the bus
and 55 for the room.
How will we eat?
It's three per room.
Hi, Marisa.
Edson!
Room 105, at the end.
Do you need anything?
She got car sick.
Is she your wife?
- The room stinks.
- I'll see what I can do.
Carmo, you're back.
Tnia, I wanted to ask you,
please could you ask at Roberto
to give me a job that's less...
Not so demanding,
because ever since my accident
my legs give out.
I don't know what's wrong with me,
it's really serious.
Sometimes I fall down,
I lost strength.
If you can please talk with them.
- EV is all right.
- Then you'll stay on EV.
But you'll work standing up.
Boy!
Boy! Boy!
Hey boy!
Didn't I tell you the Portuguese
need to stay in their rooms?
What is it?
Have you been drinking?
Why are you out so late?
I wasn't clubbing.
I was looking for my brother.
Your brother's here?
Yes, he works at the turkeys.
He's staying at a hotel nearby.
Antnio Cardoso.
Which hotel?
If I knew,
I wouldn't be looking for him.
And do you think you're going
to find him at this hour?
Do me a favour, go to sleep.
Go back to your room.
You'll go to work tomorrow
and find your brother soon enough.
- Yeah?
- Right.
Tnia?
Thanks for helping out
the Portuguese.
Look, Richie.
They do like this.
That was great. That was weird.
Dance for me, dance for me,
dance for me, monkey boy!
You gotta go!
Now you're their little clown?
C'mon! No one does it like you, man!
C'mon!
Show us your stage work, let's do it.
C'mon, do us that trick!
Wakey-wakey! We ain't got all day!
Go on, wake up!
I'm awake, you're awake!
We got some work to do. Get up!
You don't work, you're not getting paid.
C'mon! Get up!
Go on you lot, buck up. Let's do this!
Go on, get your clothes,
get wrapped up, it's cold out!
They should put the younger ones
on those jobs.
They told us we'd be working
in the packaging section. And it wasn't.
- Alright, Chico?
- Everything OK, Tnia?
You alright?
Come here.
If I catch you stealing again
I'll kick you out, yeah?
We were starving.
We all are.
What are you looking at?
Let's go, folks.
One hour to the plant.
I can't stand the smell in there.
Come on darling, they don't like
employees who step out of the line.
Get back in the line, yeah?
Otherwise you'll get a warning.
Come on, sweetheart,
get yourself together.
I've never seen so many animals dying.
Nothing but shit and blood,
shit and blood.
Shit and blood.
You feeling good?
You should wear warm clothes.
You need to wear sweaters.
One on top of the other.
Several layers.
I've also worked in there.
Okay?
We do have one double room
with a small fridge and kitchen area.
Do you want to make
a booking for that?
Do you want to make a booking
for that?
Do you want to make
a booking for that?
Your wife isn't going to make it.
Can't you put her on packaging,
or on fritters?
Do you think any of us is on fritters
or on packaging?
They have the English for that.
The smell of shit and blood
makes her sick.
The whole factory
stinks of shit and blood.
The whole town stinks of shit and blood.
Not all of it.
I liked watching you dance.
I see you're a good worker
but your wife is totally useless.
Think about what you want to do.
It isn't easy here.
I'll do what I have to do.
Go and sit, we'll talk again later.
You can trust me, Tnia.
Go on. Move!
Go get your fucking money.
What's going on?
You fucking owe the money.
- What's going on?
- Don't go in there, Tat.
Do you want me to fucking pull
your fucking head off?
Please, can you go help him?
Please, just help him.
I'm here to do one fucking job.
He's paying me to fucking do you.
Soon as he says 'do it'
I'll cut your fucking head off.
- Get the money, go! Go get it!
- Get his fucking money paid! Now!
- I was gonna pay you tonight.
- You got it, we know you got it.
It doesn't work that way,
you owe money to this man.
I don't care how you get it, Richard.
Just fucking get it.
You've got a stay of execution. Alright?
We do have one double room
with a small fridge and cooking area.
Cooking area.
- Cooking area.
- And cooking area.
Cooking area.
In this hotel, we have special
accommodation for senior citizens.
Senior cit...
Citizen... citizen.
Citi... citizen.
Citizen.
Senior citizens.
In this hotel, we have special
accommodation for senior citizens.
Senior... Senior citizens.
That's a good birdie.
That's a good birdie. Yeah.
He's a Greenfinch.
Kelvin found him on the marshes.
But he's better now.
- He was just outside the caravan.
- Can I?
Yeah. Of course.
- Softly with him.
- Yeah.
Be careful.
It will be time to release him soon.
I don't need you to come
and cook for me.
People shouldn't see us together.
Already told Richard that.
Don't worry about your brother, honey.
He never leaves the races these days.
Where's the body?
Can you show me the body?
Why?
Don't know.
There will be nothing to see.
Tnia!
Hi. Yeah.
Mother, do something!
Hurry, call an ambulance!
Breathe!
Look at me, look at me.
Where's your husband, Sandra?
Take your fucking overalls off!
You can't go in like that!
Take them off!
Put this on.
Are you alright?
You have to fill in
the admission form.
Here.
I'll lend you a pen.
- Don't say you work at the factory.
- I don't know any English.
Let's see.
Write what I tell you.
When was your last period?
I can't remember.
Three or four months ago.
Three, or four?
Calm down.
Is it three or four?
Does Carlos know?
Sandra?
Who is the baby's father?
Answer me.
Who is the baby's father?
Just stay there.
Can you see?
One hand...
It's a hand...
And one, two,
three, four, five fingers.
Two, three, four, five fingers.
See, the lungs.
The lungs.
The heart.
Can you see the heart beating strongly?
She doesn't need to be worried.
Everything seems to be fine.
The doctor says everything is fine.
Yeah, you see?
And here, you can see... It's a boy!
Did you understand?
- It's a boy...
- Yes, it's a boy.
- Hi, Tat.
- Hi.
I'm taking the baby for you.
Yes, please.
Yeah, take him upstairs.
Thanks, Kerry, I have to say.
Every time it has been shit.
But this, this is alright.
Go on hon, do it again. Yeah?
Do it again.
Do it again. That's it. Do it again.
Oh go on, go on...
What's going on, you're gonna
smoke on your own?
What?
Portuguese way of dealing
with business, ain't it?
Lying?
I'm not lying.
- No?
- No.
Paul's just called me.
Yeah?
Yeah.
Why?
He said they're cancelling the contract.
They need the workers.
There's a new group arriving.
They don't trust us anymore.
There's just this woman, you know,
she was feeling sick
and they cut off one of the breaks,
so that's it...
Bullshit.
- It's not bullshit.
- It's bullshit.
- She's pregnant.
- I did not know that.
You need to get rid of him, Tat.
And fast.
- Hi, Jack.
- Hi.
- You good?
- I'm good. You?
- Good. Let me in.
- I can't let you in.
- I work here.
- Yeah, my hands are tied.
They said that there's no way
I can let you in, I'm afraid.
I'm your friend,
but I'm not allowed to let you in.
Why didn't you tell me
she was your brother's wife?
I've talked to the line leader
and the team leader
and the manager. It's all sorted out.
You'll have a job
after the Christmas campaign.
If you want to stay here.
What about Sandra?
Sandra will be OK
if she goes back home.
You can stay on fresh or on packing,
like I told you.
You can have a good life here.
And she can have a good life
in Portugal.
What will she live on?
It's crap over there.
No jobs anywhere,
who's going to take on a pregnant woman?
Antnio supported the family
with the money he sent home.
Me...
I have no one to help me.
How much?
- What?
- How much?
No, no, no.
Out of the question. I can't accept it.
Come on, how much?
What do I know?
A plane ticket.
And five or six thousand more.
5,000?
Can you get it?
You'll get me the money? Will you?
You're going to take Ral's job.
I came here with him when I was younger.
We used to stay in shared rooms.
Christmas campaign...
Easter Campaign...
I took on everything I could.
I'm going to do
a proper refurbishment here.
I'll drop the Portuguese.
Turn to the elders.
Only English.
They love to take walks
on the Promenade...
I'll paint the rooms, the walls...
the ceilings.
It will all smell nice.
Very large room with sea view, sir.
Good amenities.
In this hotel, we have special
accommodation for senior citizens.
Senior citizens.
Special accommodation.
Senior citizens.
Hosp... Hospitality.
Are you missing something?
What a piece of shit
you turned out to be.
Why didn't you give me
the money yourself?
Ashamed, Mother?
Leave, your husband isn't here.
I'm going.
But this isn't enough.
All this time stealing
and that's all you have?
Put it away.
I've nothing more to give you.
No?
No. I don't steal from anyone.
I'm just here to help you.
Then I'll stay here.
Shall we both stay here?
We'll stay and fleece
the Portuguese.
I don't know what you did,
but he's head over heels for you.
I hope you have a nice life.
He isn't even sleeping.
Tnia this, Tnia that.
Have you drugged him, or what?
He doesn't normally fall this hard.
He's even learning English.
"Tnia, Tnia..."
Go and count it outside.
Get lost.
Would you please?
Did you find out anything
about your brother?
It looks like he's not here.
No one knows where he is.
Maybe you're right.
The bastard just wanted
to run away from his obligations.
She'll be alright. Don't worry.
- Clean sheets...
- Do you need clean sheets?
Do you need clean sheets?
What does that mean?
- Clean sheets.
- Clean sheets.
Fancy a drink?
Fancy... "Fancy" means posh, right?
- No, it's 'Would you like to...?'
- Ah!
- Fancy a drink?
- Fancy a drink?
- Fancy coming to the pub with me?
- Fancy coming to a pub...?
It was Ral who put up these lights.
Welcome to the English Princess Hotel.
This is Great Yarmouth's
best karaoke ever, with...
Tnia.
You look like you're in another world
But I can read your mind.
How can you be so far away
Lying by my side?
When I go away I'll miss you
And I will be thinking of you.
Every night and day just
Promise me you'll wait for me
'Cause I'll be saving
all my love for you.
And I'll be home soon.
Promise me you'll wait for me
I need to know you feel the same way too.
And I'll be home, I'll be home soon...
When I go away, I'll miss you.
And I will be thinking of you.
Every night and day just.
Promise me you'll wait for me.
I need to know
you feel the same way, too.
And I'll be home, I'll be home...
Where have you been?
Get rid of him, Tat.
The guy's been
asking around for his brother.
He came looking for work,
like all the others.
- Work?
- Yeah.
Work.
You're paying to get laid.
At least with me, it was free.
You don't see it,
but I have ambitions too.
I know.
I'm ambitious too.
One day, this will all be mine.
I can help you do up the hotels.
I can paint and all that.
Carlos, it's Tnia.
You didn't come in to work...
And I...
I'm beginning to worry,
you know?
I'd like...
I'd like to know where you are.
Tell me where you are.
The person you are trying to reach
is currently unavailable...
In this lesson you can learn how to use
English in common hotel situations.
It could also help you,
if you work in a hotel.
She makes more money
and works way less than us.
She always has her eye on us.
At Roberto,
they'll ask to show your teeth,
and then your hands,
and then your upper limbs.
They like the Portuguese,
because we keep quiet and endure.
A lot.
They call us 'Pork and Cheese'.
But they need us
to work in the factories.
Say something, please, love.
Fuck...
I'd like to know...
where you are...
And kiss you.
And do other things.
Fuck, fuck...
For fuck's sake!
Promise me you'll wait for me.
And I'll be saving
all my love for you.
And I'll be home...
I'll be home soon.
DECEMBER
Where is that? Up near Cambridge?
Listen. At Christmas,
you shouldn't be here, Joe.
Drinking, getting drunk.
You should be at home with your family.
- Kerry, another shot after this one!
- No more for her, Kerry.
- Yeah, one more then we go.
- No.
Yeah, we go.
We're going to a party
with Pork and Cheeses.
You're fucking us up, Ral...
What did you tell him?
Don't fuck with me, Ral.
Come on, Ral.
Tell her what you told me.
Go Ral, say it!
- Tell her Ral.
- Go Ral, say it!
She fucked him.
Don't say it, don't say it.
She fucked him, she fucked him,
she fucked him, she fucked him...
I'll tell you, Richie,
she's not letting on.
Always together them two.
No matter where they are,
they're always together.
Stop.
It's not funny.
Now that is funny.
You're such a stupid man.
You're always making me
lose my money, hey?
Betting on the wrong dogs.
Oh, no...
Look at you. You're all wet.
Tell you what. Let me help you.
- Come on.
- Stop it, Richie.
Come on. Hands up.
There's a good boy.
Alright, here we go.
- Thank you, Richie.
- Yeah?
- Feeling better?
- Yes.
Extra guest
at the dinner table tonight.
That's better! Ain't it?
Fuck you.
- Shut the fuck up! Fuck you.
- Fuck me? Fuck you.
Fuck you!
- Fuck me!?
- I hate you!
C'mon, be my doggie.
Get fucking down.
There you go, hey?
Like a doggie now, run! C'mon.
C'mon, Ral, fucking run!
Run, rabbit, run!
Fucking run, Ral!
Run!
There you go. C'mon!
Keep going. Faster, faster, faster!
Catch me a rabbit, catch me a rabbit!
Just fucking stop! Stop!
- Get out, get out!
- Hit me!
Shut the fuck up, get out! Get out!
Richie, just hit me! Stop this.
Hit me. It's not his fucking fault!
Just fucking hit me, Richard.
What is he doing? He's gone
in the round. Number three's back on.
Number 45 has been chasing him.
Number one out.
Number three's back on. Number four...
Give me your arm.
I want to leave, Tat.
He doesn't care about you.
They don't care about anyone.
You were going to leave me for him.
Who are you talking about?
Carlos.
That guy's a bastard, Tat.
Tell me.
- What do you know?
- I'm sorry.
- What do you know?
- I'm sorry, Tat.
I know where he is.
Where?
- In a council flat.
- What council flat?
On King Street.
He doesn't care about you, Tat.
He played you for a fool
so he could take your money.
Babe, help me out with the garbage,
it makes me sick.
The sweater's really pretty, thanks.
Where's my coat?
Are you going downstairs?
Take everything, we don't need that.
What are you doing here?
I heard my brother owed you money,
is it true?
- I didn't know your brother.
- Don't lie to me.
Go back in, I'll take care of it.
Go back in now!
Are you sleeping
with your brother's wife?
Who knows,
maybe it's actually your baby.
If only.
Are you going to stay with her?
- Did you think I'd choose you?
- Yes.
Come on, let's go.
Have you looked at yourself?
Who would want you?
Go on, get lost.
Carlos, she's crazy, come home.
My savings...
Do you know what they call you
at the factory?
They don't call you mother,
they call you 'fucking tart'.
My savings...
- My savings...
- Get lost!
- Fuck off.
- Give me my money back!
Give me my savings back.
Clear off!
- Give me my savings back.
- Get lost,
shut up, people are sleeping!
My savings!
Give me back my savings!
Carlos!
Give me back my savings!
Give me back my savings!
My love...
My love...
There's the mother to the Portuguese.
Yeah, my arse.
Get lost, fuck off!
Clear out!
You fucking cow.
Fucking retard.
I have been studying
the traits and dispositions
of the lower animals,
and contrasting them with the traits
and dispositions of men.
I find the result humiliating to me.
For it obliges me
to renounce my allegiance
to Darwin's theory of the ascent
of man from the lower animals.
I now believe
this theory should be vacated
in favour of a new and truer one.
This new and truer one, to be called:
the descent of man
from the higher animals.
When I'm tortured,
the lullaby my mother
used to sing to me
comes back into my mind:
One for sorrow.
Two for joy.
Three for a girl.
And four for a boy.
Five for silver.
And six for gold.
Seven is a secret
Never to be told.
Eight a wish.
Nine a kiss.
Ten is a bird You must not wish.
Based on the accounts
of Great Yarmouth residents.
October 2019, Great Yarmouth,
Norfolk (GB).
Three months before Brexit.
Once an idyllic beach holiday destination
for the English working class,
the city is now
one of the poorest in the UK.
Provisional Figures is the name used
in statistics to classify all immigrants
whose situation and status
is undefined or provisional
and who are currently
working in the United Kingdom.
Behind the Golden Mile
and all the lights and amusements
glaring on the promenade,
there's a vast inland salt marsh.
It's a stark place,
but really beautiful.
On those marshes, there's a bird reserve
where I used to live and work.
There we used to pump water
onto the land to create habitat
for the waders migrating
in the spring and autumn.
And in the summer, we used
to take groups of people around
pointing out birds, plants,
anything of interest, really.
I keep having this dream.
Where I wake up in bed to the sound
of a ring of magpies fighting outside
the caravan on the marshes.
Like children in the school
playground...
I go out to look.
It's still dark.
And one of the birds looks at me
and says,
'Hey man...
'Hey man...
'Are you awake?
Are you awake?'
Fucking birds...
I feel like they're nesting on my head.
In this lesson you can learn how to use
English in common hotel situations.
Assuredly I can install more Portuguese
workers for very little money.
Very comfortable rooms...
many, many workers.
I can install comfort... comfortably.
Comfortably.
- Comfortably.
- Comfortably...
Comfortably... Comf...
Richie?
Wake up. It's time. We got work to do.
You go on without me.
Catch up with you later on.
But they are waiting, yeah?
Today is Paul's meeting.
Just tell them we can fit more Pork
and Cheeses in my father's hotels.
Alright sweetie?
Tat?
Yeah, of course.
Tell Paul I'll call him later.
Come on, love.
Christmas campaign is coming.
Provide.
Hi! My name is Carly.
Welcome to Norfolk Online
English Classes.
Let's look at some key phrases
and useful vocabulary
for travelling situations.
I would like to make a reservation
for a very long stay.
And a view of the sea front.
Sea front.
On the sea front.
Adjoining room with a sea view.
We...
We can provide a large room...
for very inexpensive...
costs.
You can use cooking area.
Hi, Tat.
You haven't showered, love?
You still smell of dog.
Very comfortable.
Close to amenities...
Amenities...
Oh, good amenities... amenities.
- C'mon! Get up!
- Let's go!
- Morning, Mother.
- Morning. Did you sleep better today?
- Morning, Mother.
- Bye.
- Morning, Mother.
- Morning.
Same time every day.
C'mon!
C'mon boys.
We ain't on holiday now people,
c'mon.
We must leave in four minutes.
Let's do this.
Cardoso,
you must work like everybody else.
Otherwise I can't help you.
I can't move my hand.
Wakey-wakey!
Hands off your cocks, move it.
- Morning, Mother.
- Morning.
- Morning, Mother.
- What's up, Filipe?
- Hang in there, Milinha.
- Luizinha?
- I'm not well today, I can't work.
- I'll try and help you.
I'll talk to Mother.
I hope she doesn't put me
on deboning today.
Many, many workers...
We can install
many, many workers.
Comfortably.
Comfort...
- Comfortably...
- Comfortably.
Comfortably.
OCTOBER
Good amenities.
Comfortably.
Hi Tnia... how many?
Thirty-two.
- Thirty-two?
- Yeah, there's one missing.
- There's one missing?
- Yeah, he's not well.
- Alright.
- He's feeling sick, he's feeling cold.
All workers should wear the required
safety gear while on the premises.
Overalls must also be kept
clean and tidy...
To minimise the risks of food
contamination
by biological or chemical agents...
No lazy workers, Pedro.
Trimming workers are already in.
They don't want delays.
Guidinha,
you're on EV today,
did you hear?
Guida, you're on EV.
Age?
Hands?
The other way around.
Teeth, please?
Teeth.
Jos.
Show the lady your teeth.
I cut myself.
On deboning.
Provide.
Many, many, many workers.
Very good price.
We talked about this with Richard
before, more than once.
We are a little bit concerned
about the workers' conditions.
Yes, we need to make sure
we stick to the rules.
This is really strict.
We can't do...
We can't do it as a business.
We gonna end up having massive,
massive problems if you're gonna do this.
We just wanna make sure
we deliver to the costumer...
No problem.
I provide the rooms
and I can comfortably install them.
I take care of the workers.
I take care of the workers, I...
comfortably install them
in good amenities
with a view for sea front.
I help with paperwork and...
I keep a close eye.
You know, I take care of them
as I would take care of my own children.
And they call me Mother.
The Portuguese workers are better workers
than the gypsies you bring here.
Yeah, but the gypsies don't complain
about their breaks.
We've got in the business set break...
How many you've got?
Like, 3 breaks.
Each break is a 15-minute.
Gypsies don't complain because
gypsies can't speak a word of English.
So give me a number.
Is it 30, 40, 80?
100?
I haven't slept a wink all week.
All night long, so much noise...
Everybody making noise.
I haven't slept a fucking wink.
That soup smells good.
- It does, I hope it's tasty.
- Yes, you need to eat.
Does your room have three beds?
For God's sake,
are they fucking with me?
I haven't slept at all this week,
it's like we're living in barracks,
three to a room...
We work our arses off,
and she doesn't help with shit!
Nobody says anything,
everyone keeps their mouth shut.
Let's talk to everyone else,
let's get together...
Cardoso, open up.
Your husband came by again.
Won't leave me alone.
Fucking addict.
'Oy Ral, Ral?
'Ral?
'You be a good boy. You be a good boy.
You give me a tip.
Give me a tip, Ral.'
And I just made it up.
'Molly, trap 5, race 7.
'Speedy Bullets, trap 6, race 9.
'Sure win.
Sure win, Richie.'
He owes everyone money.
He might lose the hotels.
You have to talk to him, Tat.
Fleecing the Portuguese isn't my thing.
I don't want to lose this job.
I got your 400 to give you, baby.
What did they say about new workers?
They need more workers.
- How many?
- Many.
- How many?
- Many. Many workers.
They must have given you a number.
Many for Christmas campaign.
They did not give a number.
Right.
Stick them in The Ambassador.
Lots of space there.
Three to a room.
Don't be so fucking soft on them.
Right?
- Well, they work hard.
- Hard?
- Yeah.
- Like Cardoso?
The one that can walk and can't work?
Why is he still here, Tat?
Do you want me to tell you?
Disabilities.
Gonna rip the fucking government off
like the rest of them.
Where do you think you gonna get
the money for your refurbishment rooms
for your senior citizens, babe?
Christmas campaign is coming.
We can't be having Pork and Cheese
in our rooms without paying, right?
I know they call you Mother
but you can't be too soft on them.
Don't fuck up our little business,
sweetie.
- You know I love you.
- Yeah.
Sure.
You're a star, babe.
Don't blow this opportunity.
Fucking Cardoso is still not paying.
Give him a few more days,
he cut himself on the deboning.
Show me the 'refurnishments'.
How much more do we need, Tat?
We're almost there, love.
It'll look like that.
Super cute for the old people.
It'll be like on TV.
Refurbishments.
'Refurmishments.'
Refurbishments.
- Isn't that what I said?
- No.
Refurbish-ments.
Since you have such a high standing,
you could help me out, maybe?
So I get my life back on track.
Give me more hours.
They need everyone they can get,
the English won't touch the turkeys.
- They are launching new products.
- Until I get my life back on track.
You know I haven't missed work.
I know, Vtor.
I get up at 3, 3:30 a.m.
to catch the bus.
I've never missed a day's work, so...
For a week,
I waited for the bus to go to work.
But... every time they'd tell me
the bus was full. 'It's full,
it's not possible to take me for job.'
It's... it's about my life, right?
You already owe me two weeks, Paulo.
Now that you got your payslip,
you can pay for the bus too.
Here's your card.
What about the room?!
Can't you see?
There are three of us.
Is this a beehive, or what?
There's nothing better at this price.
At this price?
I could buy a tent, I'll go to...
- You do that, love.
- I'll buy a tent.
Fifty quid.
You should get a job, Mia.
You got a baby.
You keep thinking of yourself.
She told me to fuck off and go home
and not to come back again.
Say: 'Mommy lazy. Mommy's lazy.'
You're lazy.
Can't you just go down and tell Linda
that I was just being an idiot?
No, 'cause she hates me!
Well, she hates me!
Nothing for me, your sausages are shit.
I'm just telling you now.
- Hi, Syd.
- You OK?
- Yeah. You?
- I'm alright, thanks. You?
- How have you 'bean'?
- My beans? The beans are lovely.
- Beans?
- No, not "beans".
How've you been... Yeah.
I'm sorry. I'm doing very well.
Don't be mean to your grandson.
That's cruel.
- Hey baby, it's OK, look at mummy.
- He's funny.
When is he gonna pay, hey? 212?
He pays... He says he pays tonight.
- Tonight?
- Yeah. I'm going back there tonight.
Well, money's too tight to mention, Tat.
So make sure he does, right?
Granddad and Felix
gonna bop him on the nose.
Where's our money?
Where's our money?
You do it. Go on, you do it!
We can provide a very large room
with cooking area.
Cooking area...
Worries about damp,
worries about the sheets.
About conditions.
Door is not shutting properly,
windows are not shutting properly.
It's fucking dreadful.
I wouldn't put my fucking dogs
in some of them rooms, Tat.
You know, I just work
for you guys, but...
surely you can see
how shit it's getting up there.
It's this shit every night,
I don't need it.
No wonder people
are refusing to pay, Tat.
- He still hasn't left the room?
- Not since this morning.
But hey, that's alright.
Don't go hatin' on each other.
I've come and he's fuckin'
getting me in the ear.
I get it in the ear.
I've gotta give it to you in the ear.
And if Richard's here
I'll fuckin' tell him.
Good morning, Mother.
Cardoso.
I have your passport here.
You need to split.
For God's sake,
get the fuck out of here.
You know I need this job.
Give me just a few more days, Mother.
I'm almost well.
Good morning.
Carla, you're on EV today.
Jorge, you're on trimming.
Beautiful sea view.
Beautiful.
Beautiful view on the sea front.
Richie?
Richie?
Breathe, I'm taking you home.
Come on, love, breathe.
Take this money and go home.
You're going home.
Cardoso, can you hear me?
Here's some money,
I'll put you on a bus.
Take me home.
You're going home.
You'll be back to your wife.
They'll take care of you properly.
I'll put it here.
It's in your pocket, don't forget.
It's in your pocket.
Don't stop breathing.
That's right, love.
We're taking you home.
You're going home, Cardoso.
Cardoso's going home,
Cardoso's going home...
What are you doing, Tat?
Is he still breathing?
Just a minute!
C'mon baby, we're waiting!
Do you remember that little
Brazilian monkey my dad gave me?
I used to walk up and down the front
there with him on my shoulder
and all them tourists
would stop me for photos?
Right? Right?
So, anyway.
I'm telling a story here!
So anyway...
Well, this one day, right?
This family stops me and they want
a photo of their baby in the pram, so...
I get the monkey,
I put it with the baby in the pram...
The monkey...
It just shits all over the kid.
It's all over his head,
it's on his fucking eyes...
Spank the monkey!
- Dad, do you remember that monkey?
- Round and round.
Stop it!
Don't.
- Sing us a song, Tat.
- No.
Tat's gonna sing a song!
Tat! Tat! Tat!
Hi! I would like to make
a reservation for a very long stay.
Do you have adjoining rooms
with a sea view?
What did he say?
I don't want to work in the hotels
with you anymore.
It's over.
I'm not cut out for it.
One more Christmas and we're done.
We'll do a proper refurbishment.
With a new boiler.
Air conditioning.
Then we'll fill the place
with old people.
In the daytime we'll have line dancing,
bingo, and karaoke in the evening.
From March, we'll be working flat out.
He couldn't pay.
He was injured.
It will look like this.
Let's leave this place, Tat.
If your husband finds out
you've been stealing from him,
we're fucked.
Let's go back to Portugal.
This has run its course.
You want to be like them,
but they don't give a fuck about you.
The hotels are going to look beautiful.
Beautiful rooms with sea view.
You'll even learn line dancing.
NOVEMBER
There was hardly any foreigners
here when I was a kid.
Except these two black guys,
Paul and Bran.
I used to play football with 'em.
They were fine guys.
Don't forget why you're here, sweetie.
You should do the refurbishment
on The Ocean Bride.
And do your bingo nights
with your senior citizens.
Very large room.
Very large room.
Adjoining rooms.
- Very large room.
- Very large room.
Very large... Very large room.
Adjoining rooms.
Nine floors.
Adjoining rooms.
Adjoining rooms.
Adjoining rooms.
Yellow, 2-1-6-26.
Red, 2-0-9-20.
Red line, 1 and 5.
Any Portuguese been here today?
No, we just see them walking
around on the promenade.
Hello! Welcome to Great Yarmouth.
Here's your hotel.
We hope you have a lovely stay.
We're taking you on the horses
and carriages tomorrow.
- Thank you.
- Along the sea front...
Dinner tonight...
line dancing in the morning. OK?
Maintain one forward.
So it's: one, forward.
Cha-cha-cha.
One and cha-cha-cha.
Love, we have to clean
the downstairs rooms too.
The rooms stink of fucking shit.
Rub some Vicks on your nose, it helps.
I'm Mother to the Portuguese.
Hi, Tnia. Mother to the Portuguese.
Please fill in those forms.
We've got the hanging, we've got
the deboning and we've got the trimming.
It's not nice,
it's not pleasant but it's work.
So, in the factory we have...
four working areas for you.
Hanging:
hanging up the turkey.
Deboning:
deboning the animals.
Trimming:
cutting off the animals.
You must work hard and then pay rent.
Now, you need to advance the money
for the room and the bus,
for the first week.
The factory will decide
the number of hours
and when you work each week.
At the end of each week you'll get
a piece of paper called a payslip.
The payslip will show
the hours you worked that week
and the amount you are to be paid.
Lastly, I'm going to take your passports
and put them in a safe place.
When you go back to Portugal
I'll give them back.
If we're sharing rooms,
there's no privacy.
Will I have my own bathroom or not?
You're saying we'll have
to share rooms.
In Portugal we were told
we'd share houses.
To work one hour,
we have to pay 25 for the bus
and 55 for the room.
How will we eat?
It's three per room.
Hi, Marisa.
Edson!
Room 105, at the end.
Do you need anything?
She got car sick.
Is she your wife?
- The room stinks.
- I'll see what I can do.
Carmo, you're back.
Tnia, I wanted to ask you,
please could you ask at Roberto
to give me a job that's less...
Not so demanding,
because ever since my accident
my legs give out.
I don't know what's wrong with me,
it's really serious.
Sometimes I fall down,
I lost strength.
If you can please talk with them.
- EV is all right.
- Then you'll stay on EV.
But you'll work standing up.
Boy!
Boy! Boy!
Hey boy!
Didn't I tell you the Portuguese
need to stay in their rooms?
What is it?
Have you been drinking?
Why are you out so late?
I wasn't clubbing.
I was looking for my brother.
Your brother's here?
Yes, he works at the turkeys.
He's staying at a hotel nearby.
Antnio Cardoso.
Which hotel?
If I knew,
I wouldn't be looking for him.
And do you think you're going
to find him at this hour?
Do me a favour, go to sleep.
Go back to your room.
You'll go to work tomorrow
and find your brother soon enough.
- Yeah?
- Right.
Tnia?
Thanks for helping out
the Portuguese.
Look, Richie.
They do like this.
That was great. That was weird.
Dance for me, dance for me,
dance for me, monkey boy!
You gotta go!
Now you're their little clown?
C'mon! No one does it like you, man!
C'mon!
Show us your stage work, let's do it.
C'mon, do us that trick!
Wakey-wakey! We ain't got all day!
Go on, wake up!
I'm awake, you're awake!
We got some work to do. Get up!
You don't work, you're not getting paid.
C'mon! Get up!
Go on you lot, buck up. Let's do this!
Go on, get your clothes,
get wrapped up, it's cold out!
They should put the younger ones
on those jobs.
They told us we'd be working
in the packaging section. And it wasn't.
- Alright, Chico?
- Everything OK, Tnia?
You alright?
Come here.
If I catch you stealing again
I'll kick you out, yeah?
We were starving.
We all are.
What are you looking at?
Let's go, folks.
One hour to the plant.
I can't stand the smell in there.
Come on darling, they don't like
employees who step out of the line.
Get back in the line, yeah?
Otherwise you'll get a warning.
Come on, sweetheart,
get yourself together.
I've never seen so many animals dying.
Nothing but shit and blood,
shit and blood.
Shit and blood.
You feeling good?
You should wear warm clothes.
You need to wear sweaters.
One on top of the other.
Several layers.
I've also worked in there.
Okay?
We do have one double room
with a small fridge and kitchen area.
Do you want to make
a booking for that?
Do you want to make a booking
for that?
Do you want to make
a booking for that?
Your wife isn't going to make it.
Can't you put her on packaging,
or on fritters?
Do you think any of us is on fritters
or on packaging?
They have the English for that.
The smell of shit and blood
makes her sick.
The whole factory
stinks of shit and blood.
The whole town stinks of shit and blood.
Not all of it.
I liked watching you dance.
I see you're a good worker
but your wife is totally useless.
Think about what you want to do.
It isn't easy here.
I'll do what I have to do.
Go and sit, we'll talk again later.
You can trust me, Tnia.
Go on. Move!
Go get your fucking money.
What's going on?
You fucking owe the money.
- What's going on?
- Don't go in there, Tat.
Do you want me to fucking pull
your fucking head off?
Please, can you go help him?
Please, just help him.
I'm here to do one fucking job.
He's paying me to fucking do you.
Soon as he says 'do it'
I'll cut your fucking head off.
- Get the money, go! Go get it!
- Get his fucking money paid! Now!
- I was gonna pay you tonight.
- You got it, we know you got it.
It doesn't work that way,
you owe money to this man.
I don't care how you get it, Richard.
Just fucking get it.
You've got a stay of execution. Alright?
We do have one double room
with a small fridge and cooking area.
Cooking area.
- Cooking area.
- And cooking area.
Cooking area.
In this hotel, we have special
accommodation for senior citizens.
Senior cit...
Citizen... citizen.
Citi... citizen.
Citizen.
Senior citizens.
In this hotel, we have special
accommodation for senior citizens.
Senior... Senior citizens.
That's a good birdie.
That's a good birdie. Yeah.
He's a Greenfinch.
Kelvin found him on the marshes.
But he's better now.
- He was just outside the caravan.
- Can I?
Yeah. Of course.
- Softly with him.
- Yeah.
Be careful.
It will be time to release him soon.
I don't need you to come
and cook for me.
People shouldn't see us together.
Already told Richard that.
Don't worry about your brother, honey.
He never leaves the races these days.
Where's the body?
Can you show me the body?
Why?
Don't know.
There will be nothing to see.
Tnia!
Hi. Yeah.
Mother, do something!
Hurry, call an ambulance!
Breathe!
Look at me, look at me.
Where's your husband, Sandra?
Take your fucking overalls off!
You can't go in like that!
Take them off!
Put this on.
Are you alright?
You have to fill in
the admission form.
Here.
I'll lend you a pen.
- Don't say you work at the factory.
- I don't know any English.
Let's see.
Write what I tell you.
When was your last period?
I can't remember.
Three or four months ago.
Three, or four?
Calm down.
Is it three or four?
Does Carlos know?
Sandra?
Who is the baby's father?
Answer me.
Who is the baby's father?
Just stay there.
Can you see?
One hand...
It's a hand...
And one, two,
three, four, five fingers.
Two, three, four, five fingers.
See, the lungs.
The lungs.
The heart.
Can you see the heart beating strongly?
She doesn't need to be worried.
Everything seems to be fine.
The doctor says everything is fine.
Yeah, you see?
And here, you can see... It's a boy!
Did you understand?
- It's a boy...
- Yes, it's a boy.
- Hi, Tat.
- Hi.
I'm taking the baby for you.
Yes, please.
Yeah, take him upstairs.
Thanks, Kerry, I have to say.
Every time it has been shit.
But this, this is alright.
Go on hon, do it again. Yeah?
Do it again.
Do it again. That's it. Do it again.
Oh go on, go on...
What's going on, you're gonna
smoke on your own?
What?
Portuguese way of dealing
with business, ain't it?
Lying?
I'm not lying.
- No?
- No.
Paul's just called me.
Yeah?
Yeah.
Why?
He said they're cancelling the contract.
They need the workers.
There's a new group arriving.
They don't trust us anymore.
There's just this woman, you know,
she was feeling sick
and they cut off one of the breaks,
so that's it...
Bullshit.
- It's not bullshit.
- It's bullshit.
- She's pregnant.
- I did not know that.
You need to get rid of him, Tat.
And fast.
- Hi, Jack.
- Hi.
- You good?
- I'm good. You?
- Good. Let me in.
- I can't let you in.
- I work here.
- Yeah, my hands are tied.
They said that there's no way
I can let you in, I'm afraid.
I'm your friend,
but I'm not allowed to let you in.
Why didn't you tell me
she was your brother's wife?
I've talked to the line leader
and the team leader
and the manager. It's all sorted out.
You'll have a job
after the Christmas campaign.
If you want to stay here.
What about Sandra?
Sandra will be OK
if she goes back home.
You can stay on fresh or on packing,
like I told you.
You can have a good life here.
And she can have a good life
in Portugal.
What will she live on?
It's crap over there.
No jobs anywhere,
who's going to take on a pregnant woman?
Antnio supported the family
with the money he sent home.
Me...
I have no one to help me.
How much?
- What?
- How much?
No, no, no.
Out of the question. I can't accept it.
Come on, how much?
What do I know?
A plane ticket.
And five or six thousand more.
5,000?
Can you get it?
You'll get me the money? Will you?
You're going to take Ral's job.
I came here with him when I was younger.
We used to stay in shared rooms.
Christmas campaign...
Easter Campaign...
I took on everything I could.
I'm going to do
a proper refurbishment here.
I'll drop the Portuguese.
Turn to the elders.
Only English.
They love to take walks
on the Promenade...
I'll paint the rooms, the walls...
the ceilings.
It will all smell nice.
Very large room with sea view, sir.
Good amenities.
In this hotel, we have special
accommodation for senior citizens.
Senior citizens.
Special accommodation.
Senior citizens.
Hosp... Hospitality.
Are you missing something?
What a piece of shit
you turned out to be.
Why didn't you give me
the money yourself?
Ashamed, Mother?
Leave, your husband isn't here.
I'm going.
But this isn't enough.
All this time stealing
and that's all you have?
Put it away.
I've nothing more to give you.
No?
No. I don't steal from anyone.
I'm just here to help you.
Then I'll stay here.
Shall we both stay here?
We'll stay and fleece
the Portuguese.
I don't know what you did,
but he's head over heels for you.
I hope you have a nice life.
He isn't even sleeping.
Tnia this, Tnia that.
Have you drugged him, or what?
He doesn't normally fall this hard.
He's even learning English.
"Tnia, Tnia..."
Go and count it outside.
Get lost.
Would you please?
Did you find out anything
about your brother?
It looks like he's not here.
No one knows where he is.
Maybe you're right.
The bastard just wanted
to run away from his obligations.
She'll be alright. Don't worry.
- Clean sheets...
- Do you need clean sheets?
Do you need clean sheets?
What does that mean?
- Clean sheets.
- Clean sheets.
Fancy a drink?
Fancy... "Fancy" means posh, right?
- No, it's 'Would you like to...?'
- Ah!
- Fancy a drink?
- Fancy a drink?
- Fancy coming to the pub with me?
- Fancy coming to a pub...?
It was Ral who put up these lights.
Welcome to the English Princess Hotel.
This is Great Yarmouth's
best karaoke ever, with...
Tnia.
You look like you're in another world
But I can read your mind.
How can you be so far away
Lying by my side?
When I go away I'll miss you
And I will be thinking of you.
Every night and day just
Promise me you'll wait for me
'Cause I'll be saving
all my love for you.
And I'll be home soon.
Promise me you'll wait for me
I need to know you feel the same way too.
And I'll be home, I'll be home soon...
When I go away, I'll miss you.
And I will be thinking of you.
Every night and day just.
Promise me you'll wait for me.
I need to know
you feel the same way, too.
And I'll be home, I'll be home...
Where have you been?
Get rid of him, Tat.
The guy's been
asking around for his brother.
He came looking for work,
like all the others.
- Work?
- Yeah.
Work.
You're paying to get laid.
At least with me, it was free.
You don't see it,
but I have ambitions too.
I know.
I'm ambitious too.
One day, this will all be mine.
I can help you do up the hotels.
I can paint and all that.
Carlos, it's Tnia.
You didn't come in to work...
And I...
I'm beginning to worry,
you know?
I'd like...
I'd like to know where you are.
Tell me where you are.
The person you are trying to reach
is currently unavailable...
In this lesson you can learn how to use
English in common hotel situations.
It could also help you,
if you work in a hotel.
She makes more money
and works way less than us.
She always has her eye on us.
At Roberto,
they'll ask to show your teeth,
and then your hands,
and then your upper limbs.
They like the Portuguese,
because we keep quiet and endure.
A lot.
They call us 'Pork and Cheese'.
But they need us
to work in the factories.
Say something, please, love.
Fuck...
I'd like to know...
where you are...
And kiss you.
And do other things.
Fuck, fuck...
For fuck's sake!
Promise me you'll wait for me.
And I'll be saving
all my love for you.
And I'll be home...
I'll be home soon.
DECEMBER
Where is that? Up near Cambridge?
Listen. At Christmas,
you shouldn't be here, Joe.
Drinking, getting drunk.
You should be at home with your family.
- Kerry, another shot after this one!
- No more for her, Kerry.
- Yeah, one more then we go.
- No.
Yeah, we go.
We're going to a party
with Pork and Cheeses.
You're fucking us up, Ral...
What did you tell him?
Don't fuck with me, Ral.
Come on, Ral.
Tell her what you told me.
Go Ral, say it!
- Tell her Ral.
- Go Ral, say it!
She fucked him.
Don't say it, don't say it.
She fucked him, she fucked him,
she fucked him, she fucked him...
I'll tell you, Richie,
she's not letting on.
Always together them two.
No matter where they are,
they're always together.
Stop.
It's not funny.
Now that is funny.
You're such a stupid man.
You're always making me
lose my money, hey?
Betting on the wrong dogs.
Oh, no...
Look at you. You're all wet.
Tell you what. Let me help you.
- Come on.
- Stop it, Richie.
Come on. Hands up.
There's a good boy.
Alright, here we go.
- Thank you, Richie.
- Yeah?
- Feeling better?
- Yes.
Extra guest
at the dinner table tonight.
That's better! Ain't it?
Fuck you.
- Shut the fuck up! Fuck you.
- Fuck me? Fuck you.
Fuck you!
- Fuck me!?
- I hate you!
C'mon, be my doggie.
Get fucking down.
There you go, hey?
Like a doggie now, run! C'mon.
C'mon, Ral, fucking run!
Run, rabbit, run!
Fucking run, Ral!
Run!
There you go. C'mon!
Keep going. Faster, faster, faster!
Catch me a rabbit, catch me a rabbit!
Just fucking stop! Stop!
- Get out, get out!
- Hit me!
Shut the fuck up, get out! Get out!
Richie, just hit me! Stop this.
Hit me. It's not his fucking fault!
Just fucking hit me, Richard.
What is he doing? He's gone
in the round. Number three's back on.
Number 45 has been chasing him.
Number one out.
Number three's back on. Number four...
Give me your arm.
I want to leave, Tat.
He doesn't care about you.
They don't care about anyone.
You were going to leave me for him.
Who are you talking about?
Carlos.
That guy's a bastard, Tat.
Tell me.
- What do you know?
- I'm sorry.
- What do you know?
- I'm sorry, Tat.
I know where he is.
Where?
- In a council flat.
- What council flat?
On King Street.
He doesn't care about you, Tat.
He played you for a fool
so he could take your money.
Babe, help me out with the garbage,
it makes me sick.
The sweater's really pretty, thanks.
Where's my coat?
Are you going downstairs?
Take everything, we don't need that.
What are you doing here?
I heard my brother owed you money,
is it true?
- I didn't know your brother.
- Don't lie to me.
Go back in, I'll take care of it.
Go back in now!
Are you sleeping
with your brother's wife?
Who knows,
maybe it's actually your baby.
If only.
Are you going to stay with her?
- Did you think I'd choose you?
- Yes.
Come on, let's go.
Have you looked at yourself?
Who would want you?
Go on, get lost.
Carlos, she's crazy, come home.
My savings...
Do you know what they call you
at the factory?
They don't call you mother,
they call you 'fucking tart'.
My savings...
- My savings...
- Get lost!
- Fuck off.
- Give me my money back!
Give me my savings back.
Clear off!
- Give me my savings back.
- Get lost,
shut up, people are sleeping!
My savings!
Give me back my savings!
Carlos!
Give me back my savings!
Give me back my savings!
My love...
My love...
There's the mother to the Portuguese.
Yeah, my arse.
Get lost, fuck off!
Clear out!
You fucking cow.
Fucking retard.
I have been studying
the traits and dispositions
of the lower animals,
and contrasting them with the traits
and dispositions of men.
I find the result humiliating to me.
For it obliges me
to renounce my allegiance
to Darwin's theory of the ascent
of man from the lower animals.
I now believe
this theory should be vacated
in favour of a new and truer one.
This new and truer one, to be called:
the descent of man
from the higher animals.
When I'm tortured,
the lullaby my mother
used to sing to me
comes back into my mind:
One for sorrow.
Two for joy.
Three for a girl.
And four for a boy.
Five for silver.
And six for gold.
Seven is a secret
Never to be told.
Eight a wish.
Nine a kiss.
Ten is a bird You must not wish.
Based on the accounts
of Great Yarmouth residents.