October 2019, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (UK). Three months before Brexit. Hundreds of Portuguese migrant workers pour into town, seeking work at the local turkey factories. Tânia (The Mother of the Portuguese), a former worker in these poultry plants, is now married to an English hotel owner. She is the perfect facilitator for the Portuguese workers, but dreams of becoming a British citizen and leaving this dirty business behind by transforming her husband’s derelict hotels into refurbished senior citizens homes.
Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures is a 2022 British-French-Portuguese drama film directed by Marco Martins. It competed for a Golden Shell in category: Best Picture at the 70th 2022 San Sebastian International Film Festival. The film follows the struggles of Portuguese immigrants in a dilapidated English seaside town shortly before Brexit. Martins shot the film entirely on location in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, UK and film dialogue is in English and Portuguese. The film was distributed by NOS Audiovisuais and grossed £30,351 worldwide at the box office.
