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• Listen review – deafness drama offers a sombre rebuke to Brexit Britain

  06-06-2022 12:00
  
  Lúcia Moniz is a Portuguese mother pitted against social services in this deeply moving piece of social-realist cinemaThe Portuguese actor Lúcia Moniz is maybe still best known as the woman Colin Firth falls for in Love Actually. Now she stars in this sombre, angry social-realist drama from the Portuguese film-maker Ana Rocha (a London Film School graduate), which sees Brexit Britain through European eyes. There are some implausibilities and untied plot strands, but also something
  
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• Some people think they would rather die than have help brushing their teeth – but care is not tragic | Lucy Webster

  06-06-2022 08:00
  
  For disabled people like me, care can be brilliant and has enabled me to experience university, holidays abroad and nights out dancing with pals. There is nothing to pity in thatI’ve seen it so many times: the head tilt, the look of concern and sympathy. You would think I had just announced a family bereavement, rather than mentioned that, because of the nature of my disability, I need 24-hour care.This response is not unusual. The thought of a relatively young person (I’m 27) needin
  
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