With an all-star cast, Born Equal is a major drama from Bafta-winning writer and director Dominic Savage, exploring aspects of poverty, race, inequality, homelessness, immigration, and class in modern Britain by following the stories, at times intertwining, of several people living in London. Mark (Colin Firth) is a wealthy city worker whose conscience and guilt about his luxurious lifestyle prompt him to try to help those less fortunate. Michelle (Anne-Marie Duff) is a pregnant mother with a young child, who has escaped an abusive husband, Yemi (David Oyelowo), his... wife Itshe (Nikki Amuka-Bird) and their young daughter, Adanna, who have fled the threat of violence in their native Nigeria and Robert (Robert Carlyle), newly released from prison and embarking on a search for his mother and to try and rebuild his life. This is a touching, thought-provoking film that is reflective of modern day Britain. A magnificent cast - Daily Express. The direction was fresh, bordering on beautiful - The Times. A very good film -The Independent. About the Actor Colin Firth ( The Kingsman, The Kings Speech, Bridget Jones and Mamma Mia ) Robert Carlyle ( Trainspotting and The Full Monty. ) [show more]
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Colin Firth, Robert Carlyle and David Oyelowo star in this British drama that follows the lives of a group of people connected by fate. City banker Mark (Firth) lives extremely comfortably with a high salary and a pregnant wife, but when a financial deal makes him even more money, he decides to put it to good use and becomes a benefactor of a homeless shelter. There he meets a young girl with low self-esteem, a repeat offender fresh out of prison and a pregnant woman who has left her abusive husband. As their paths cross and stories intertwine Mark learns that there is a lot more to life than money.
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