Golden Years Page #2

Synopsis: Fate, the pensions crisis and a steadfast refusal to accept the injustice of old age have contrived to force law abiding, retired couple, Arthur and Martha Goode into a life of crime. Refusing to take the loss of their pensions lying down and to fade away into their declining years, our characters decide to fight back. They decide to take back what was theirs in the first place. They decide to start robbing banks.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Director(s): John Miller
Production: MoliFilms
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
25%
NOT RATED
Year:
2016
96 min
71 Views


I'm afraid.

You really must contact your G.P.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

Hello there.

The doctor actually

said that to you?

Yeah, well they call it

the postcode lottery.

Apparently if you don't live in

the right area...

...you don't get your medication.

And the medication

for Martha's Crohn's disease...

...isn't covered anymore.

And you reckon it'll cost you

300 pounds a month?

Well, that's just for

the basic medication.

On top of that there's another

thousand pounds...

...a quarter for her infusion.

Are you alright for that?

That's a lot of money.

Well, I'll just have to be,

won't I?

At Martha's age

I can't imagine the risks.

Now, listen. Don't say anything

to the girls, will you?

I'll sort it out somehow.

Yeah, sure.

...Cigarette Club

and don't spare the horses.

Wait a minute. You got a little

snooping to do first.

You can do your snooping

but I'm going to Marty's party.

So am I. Afterwards. Don't you

realise this is a chance...

...or us to get to

the detective bureau?

What's the matter

with the emergency squad?

Haven't you got any ambition?

Sure, but not for playing cops

and robbers.

Hey, driver, drop me

at the Cigarette Club.

Your mystery will keep

for an hour or so.

Will you go back with me

afterwards?

-It's a deal.

-Come on.

Alright, love?

Everything ok?

I was just making a cup of tea.

I wondered if you wanted one.

Lovely.

Well, am I right or am I right?

I see you've been given

your complimentary cappuccino?

Yes, thank you.

I've, I've come about the letter

that I've received from you.

Yes, it's very serious.

Most unfortunate situation.

Unfortunate?

What do you mean?

Trafalgar Electronics.

The letter we sent you.

Your pension.

No, I don't understand.

I thought you were here

because of the letter...

...we sent you on the...

...second of May, five a.m.,

New Delhi time.

No. No, I never received a letter

from you about my pension.

I've come about the letter...

...concerning

the bowls club tenancy.

Bowls club?

Ardagh Lawn Bowls and Social Club.

Up Coldharbour Road?

I see.

What's this you say

about my pension?

I'll try to make this

as simple as possible.

Trafalgar Electronics

went into liquidation...

...on the ninth of April.

This has had a detrimental...

...effect on the annual return

of your occupational pension.

Leaving you with a seriously

depleted pension pot.

But that's daylight robbery.

Sir, with all due respect,

it's economics.

Maybe some tangibles

will help at this stage.

At your age a loan is out of

the question.

We could discuss

taking your house off your hands.

The yield would be minimal.

I don't see any other potentials.

Potentials?

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