Love in a Cold Climate. A story of urban living and rituals of survival - ACE427.2

Sunset. Tower blocks. Song over. VO reciting English translation of words: "Mama, when the sun goes down and chill sets in, I call your name and set this temperate landscape, scanning the tower blocks for your smile…" Continues over shots of rain on water, birds flying, woman sleeping, photographs of child, of musician, street sweeper, woman with baby. Woman talking to each other. "Mama, I call your name." Sweeper throws his sandwich angrily at ducks. Canal boat. Sweeper looking at tower block. Singer. Tower block. Sky. Woman [subtitled] reading a letter from her son, Awotwe; intercut with shots of sweeper. Discovering that he is a street sweeper, she comments that he might as well come home; she is sad to hear such news from him. Street scenes, busker at Underground station, man emptying dustbins. Insurance salesman, Kwame, calls on Cornelia Mackenzie; they discuss life insurance. Her man, Nkosi (the busker), argues with them both. Kwame leaves; Nkosi starts to play saxophone and argues more with Cornelia who gets angry with him and tells him to find a proper job as he’s holding them back despite her own efforts.