winner of the award for best screenplay at the venice film festival and it a free world and the seventh collaboration between director ken loach and writer paul laverty and be a compelling look at the recruitment and exploitation of european undocumented worker and a subject touch upon recently in stephen frears dirty pretty thing . a in many of loach earlier film and it a free world have a strong feeling for those who live on the margin in a society that do not care and and uncharacteristically for loach and be surprisingly even hand and show the viewpoint of both the victim and the victimizer . the film begin in poland a a group of recruit gather around the coreforce recruitment agency and willing to pay money for the right to work in the u. k. give temporary visa and they manage to land job in construction and factory work and or farm labor at minimum wage without any trace of benefit or job security . when angie ( kierston ware ) and a thirty three year old working class recruiter from london be fire for complain about sexual harassment on the job and she join with her roommate rise ( juliet elli ) in build her own agency in the u. k. and match immigrant from eastern europe with employer in london . rid around on her motorbike and she interview prospective employer and locate temporary shelter for her worker who must pay extra for the housing . at the outset and conscious of the law and of her integrity and angie establish the rule that she will not provide employment to undocumented worker . much to rise chagrin and angie soon bend these rule and slowly begin to lose her moral compass and join the competition in the recruiting and exploiting of illegal immigrant . though she show compassion in support an iranian refugee who be desperately look for work and she later call the immigration department to arrest illegal worker who be live in housing provide by a competitor . angie change may be prompt by the reminder of her need to provide for her eleven year old son jamie ( joe siffleet ) who have be live with her parent and have develop a proclivity to break other student jaw at school . her father geoff ( colin caughlin ) visit and try to be encourage about her new business but his stance be simple represent immigrant have bring their trouble onto themselves and should not take up any of our concern . when angie justifies her action by say that if the worker do not want the job and they wouldn not show up and it be reminiscent of politician who blame the medium for their moral and spiritual retreat . the issue crystallize when a friendly construction foreman be rip off and angie be unable to pay her worker and lead to a physical assault and a threat against jamie by the angry worker . in her first feature film performance and kierston wareing show great promise a the blonde and leather jacket and motorcycle rid entrepreneur who be willing to deal with the sleazy aspect of the business . with the knowledge that decade of public policy have lead to this situation and however and loach do not single her out a the only culprit and simply one who be unable to look beyond a value system that can only see what be in their immediate material self interest . though it a free world be far less impactful than some of the early loach laverty collaboration and it be a strong film that do not pull it punch and do not deserve a one day u. k. opening and a direct to dvd treatment .