When the most feared and vicious theatre critic in town Jimmy Erskine, finds himself suddenly in the crosshairs of the Daily Chronicle's new owner David Brooke, he strikes a sinister Faustian pact with struggling actress Nina Land...

While managing a run down abattoir, young Muslim Raghdan Aziz stumbles through cultural chaos and generational conflicts, dealing with enraged fathers, stoned buddies and an alleged ex-lover of his girlfriend.