Derya, Janet, Nazmiye, Badriah and Naoual: Law-abiding citizens with good jobs, families and homes. Until that ill-fated day and that first claim notice. Victims of the child benefits scandal tell their candid stories, but sometimes all they can do is keep silent.
In chilling monologues, five mothers affected by the child benefits scandal explain what their lives looked like prior to the first claim notices and after. Witness accounts by Derya, Janet, Nazmiye, Badriah and Naoual make the human drama behind this political scandal more tangible than ever. From humiliating anecdotes to their view of the compensation for the loss suffered. Monologues about suddenly being forced to take leave of your child, about house calls by bailiffs and about the arduous recovery from this thrashing. A film in which the silences and gazes are the most eloquent, as they testify to the inexpressible suffering.
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