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Synopsis: This Ken Loach docu-drama relates the story of a British woman's fight with Social Services over the care of her children. Maggie has a history of bouncing from one abusive relationship to another. She has four children, of four different fathers, who came to the attention of Social Services when they were injured in a fire. Subsequently, Maggie was found to be an "unfit mother" and her children were removed from her care. She finally meets the man of her dreams, a Paraguayan expatriate, and they start a family together. Unfortunately, Social Services seems unwilling to accept that her life has changed and rends them from their new children. She and Jorge together, and separately, fight Social Services, Immigration, and other government bureaucrats in a desperate battle to make their family whole again.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Ken Loach
Production: Hallmark Entertainment
  6 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Rotten Tomatoes:
71%
R
Year:
1994
101 min
609 Views


Mind you, kids are kids, aren't they?

Social services was asking after you

this morning.

They thought you'd be here this morning.

I don't want nothing to do with them.

They've done absolutely nothing for me.

I don't think we need them anymore,

do you, son?

They've done nothin' for us whatsoever.

George, I shouldn't be here.

I really shouldn't be here. I'll have to go.

What is it? You're up and down,

up and down like... like a flea.

Sit down, it's OK, tell you.

Look, whatever you're after, you're not

f***ing getting it off me, all right?

I just want to know you.

Right, I'm the Queen Mother.

Thanks for the coffee. I'll see you around.

Goodbye.

Stop it, stop it.

Stop.

It just opens like this.

Just leave me alone.

Just leave me alone.

I think you have too much pain.

I've seen it before.

Oh, yeah? Is that

how you get your kicks, is it?

There's a job at the Samaritans.

Why don't you go after it?

It just goes round and round and round

every f***ing day in my head

and it won't leave. It won't stop!

Don't do that. Don't do that.

You won't help yourself.

They're my kids!

Why won't they give me my kids back?

They're not that woman's kids,

they're mine!

I only left them once - just once!

And they've taken them away! My kids...

I love my kids.

Whoo! Thank you!

Maggie! Maggie!

Maggie, hey!

Geezer on the phone!

Trouble at home, love!

- Who was it?

- I don't know. You'd better get there quick!

Stop! Stop!

Stop!

Stop!

- Sean!

- Maggie! It's all right!

- Oh, what have I done?

- They're safe. They're safe.

Who is she?

You're the mother?

OK, come with me.

I'm gonna take you to the hospital.

They're not in there.

They're not in there.

I'll take you to the hospital

to see your children.

Are you all right? Maggie?

- Yeah, yeah. Are we nearly there now?

- Don't worry, love.

- Can I help you?

- Please... I need to see my children.

- What's the name?

- Conlan.

OK, just hang on a minute.

Sister? Sister.

- You've gotta help me to find them...

- We'll let you see them.

They're fine, they're fine.

What's happened to them?

What's happened?

They're going to be all right.

Oh, no! Oh, no!

Oh, my God, what's happened to him?

- Oh, what's he...

- He's fine, he's fine.

So, you left the children

alone in the room.

- Hang on, hang on, hang on.

- You locked the door...

and gave the key to Sarah

who lives in the house.

No, no, I did not give the key to Sarah.

I gave the key to Jill.

Jill! With a J.

Not Sarah.

Jill doesn't recall you giving her the key.

God...

Do you not f***ing listen!

I gave the key to Jill. Oh!

I gave the key to Jill!

Not Sarah!

OK, Maggie, come

and sit down. You've had an awful shock.

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Rona Munro

Rona Munro (born 7 September 1959) is a Scottish writer. She has written plays for theatre, radio, and television. Her film work includes Ken Loach's Ladybird, Ladybird (1994), Oranges and Sunshine (2010) for Jim Loach and Aimée & Jaguar (1999), co-authored by German director Max Färberböck. more…

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