A devoutly religious unemployed father scrapes by supporting his family, but is determined that his daughter will have a new dress for her first communion. His obsession with this goal leads him to desperate, and ultimately self-destructive ends. Ken Loach's drama, starring Bruce Jones, Gemma Phoenix and Ricky Tomlinson.

Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful (and costly) brand-new dress for her First Communion. His stubbornness and determination get him into trouble as he turns to increasingly questionable measures, in his desperation to raise the needed money. This tragic flaw leads him to risk all that he loves and values, his beloved family, indeed even his immortal soul and salvation, in blind pursuit of that goal.