Sorry We Missed You
★ 7.3 · 2019 · 101m · Drama
Hoping that self-employment through gig economy can solve their financial woes, a hard-up delivery driver and his wife struggling to raise a family end up trapped in the vicious circle of modern-day labour exploitation.
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