He lost his job. His dignity? That's next on the chopping block.
A man is made redundant but can't bring himself to let anyone know, plunging into a web of deceit as he keeps up the charade he is still in work.
Acting
Parkes makes Walter's sweating desperation almost unbearable to watch.
Writing
Every excuse he invents is somehow worse than the truth.
Director
Rudi Dorn
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made for Canadian TV in 1970, this captures the specific horror of post-war masculine identity collapse when employment = existence.
Rudi Dorn directed almost exclusively for television; this rare surviving film print was nearly lost entirely.
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