Viewers often complain that “there are too many depressing programmes on TV”. Indeed, human distress is fare in most “realistic TV output. These 3 programmes focus on people having a bad time while stressing their struggle to keep up as human beings. Each one uses a different technique: “Home is where the heart is” is a written-for-TV drama, “Homeless” is real life documentary, and “When the dog bites” mixes both factual and fictional sequences. The order of screening is mean to challenge the widespread concept that “fiction is more compelling than real life”. Is it always true?
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This original film-scenario by René Verheezen tells the story of a group of down-and-outs in a “Poverello” style reception center in Brussels. Despite…
Home is where the heart is
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A dazzling look at Consett, the former steel town, in which an escapologist does his tricks, a drag act sings “There’ll always be an England” and local…
When the dog bites
From UPF
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