A childless woman is told that her longed for unborn baby is incompatible with life. Alone, with her conscience and unable to openly discuss her situation because of society’s stigma surrounding termination and the self- silencing of women concerning reproduction, she painfully decides the best way forward.
사랑하는 여자를 위해 악마와의 거래로 젊음을 얻게 된 파르나서스 박사. 대신 아이가 태어나면 16번째 생일날 그에게 바쳐야 한다. 약속한 날이 다가오자 파르나서스 박사는 또 한번 악마와 내기를 한다. 바로 '5명의 영혼을 먼저 사로잡는 것.' 이때 등장한 정체불명의 매력적인 사기꾼 토니는 파르나서스 박사와 함께 딸을 구하기 위해 현실과 상상을 넘나드는 모험을 떠나게 되는데…..
James Bolam portrays serial killer Dr. Harold Shipman in this made-for-TV drama. The film follows the story of Shipman, a general practitioner who throughout his career is believed to have killed as many as 250 of his patients. When the high death rate of his practice was investigated, it was discovered that he had given lethal doses of diamorphine to a vast number of his patients. He was put on trial where he was convicted of 15 murders and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Tommy is a vacuum cleaner salesman gripped by the fever of closing the deal. He lives on puffa rice stored in his glove compartment, listens to motivation tapes of his own voice shouting 'Sell, sell, fucking sell' and his punters are up to their eyes in debt. Even Tommy admits his 'soul's in holes'. He's sure the Golden Vac (the holy grail of vacuum salesmanship) can be his - if only he hadn't been saddled with Pete, a meek sales trainee trying to help his girlfriend quit stripping.
