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Other People's Lives

Mick, an anarchist with a religious fixation, opens a new squat in Brixton and with it a fresh chapter in the lives of a group of political activists with varying ideals and visions of the world. Johnno, an easy-going Australian and Eva a Dutch computer geek, view the squat as free accommodation for an extended holiday in London. Feminist writer Emma wants to build her life round the principles of the commune. Her boyfriend Phil is a realist; he hates the squat and sees his job as a teacher in a tough South London school as a more practical way to improve the world. Mick believes in direct action and through a haze of drink and drugs pursues his own vendetta against the world. The breadth of their beliefs creates frictions which simmer constantly but are tolerated and kept in check by the closeness of their relationships. Alan, a manipulative outsider, arrives to expose the fault lines between them and snap the fragile bonds that keep the group together. His actions and the corrosive effect of Mick’s personal demons, test unity, friendship and idealism to destruction.

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