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The Public Benefits

  • 2011
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The Public Benefits (2011)
Fear and paranoia rule in the local dole office, and when a Customer Service Advisor is attacked by a disgruntled claimant the system cracks and pandemonium breaks out.
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Adam Smith is a budding playwright who sees the local dole office as a darkly surreal place, a hotbed of fear and paranoia. And when a Customer Service Advisor is attacked by a disgruntled c... Read allAdam Smith is a budding playwright who sees the local dole office as a darkly surreal place, a hotbed of fear and paranoia. And when a Customer Service Advisor is attacked by a disgruntled claimant, reality cracks and pandemonium reigns.Adam Smith is a budding playwright who sees the local dole office as a darkly surreal place, a hotbed of fear and paranoia. And when a Customer Service Advisor is attacked by a disgruntled claimant, reality cracks and pandemonium reigns.

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    • Cassius Matthias
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    • Sutara Gayle
    • Luke Harris
    • Gordon Case
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    • Director
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      • Gordon Case
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    Sutara Gayle
    • Monica
    • (as Lorna Gayle)
    Luke Harris
    • Adam Smith
    Gordon Case
    • Anorak Man
    Anton Valensi
    Anton Valensi
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    • (as Anton Saunders)
    Miltos Yerolemou
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    Rebekah Hinds
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    Christopher Adamson
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    Charlotte Aikenhead
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    Rob Allan
    • Smoker
    Katy Bartrop
    • Katy
    • (as Katharine Dower)
    Danny Bedford
    • Skinhead
    Nicola Clackson
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    Linda Davies
    • Mum
    Alex Dower
    Alex Dower
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    Nina Aimer Fox
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    Trevor Goldstein
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    Chloe Graham
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      • March 13, 2011 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Hammersmith and Fulham Town Hall, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
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      • Zoom Films
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