Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Scarlet lives in North London in a working-class neighborhood slowly becoming gentrified. Divorced, but now married to upwardly mobile advertising executive Brian, she spends her time obsessing over the welfare of her daughter Camille and such issues as food irradiation and pollution.
Deeply unhappy with her family, her life, and her world, Scarlet confides in Constance, her friend and neighbor who runs in dubious circles of borderline criminals. Constance's life is complicated by an on-again, off-again liaison with a Turk named Mehmet. When their neighbor Barbs disappears, both women are forced to reassess their convictions -- and their lives.
Synopsis
Despite their extravagant social consciences and their delight in domestic drama, none of Barb's neighbors tries to find her when she vanishes.
Scarlet is busy (neurotically busy, she thinks) keeping the peace between second husband Brian and adolescent daughter, Camille. Over the fence next door, Scarlet's best friend, Constance, is busy trying to ditch Memet, he of the unexplained absences and dinner-time charm. Meanwhile, a bloodstained body has been dragged from the canal. Mysteriously, no one is ready to go to the police...