The need for security, a place where they can feel protected, is common to all the residents here, some just passing through, others destined to stay a bit longer and the staff committed to their thankless tasks just as long as the funding holds out. Fall deliberately crashes narratives into each other, the chaos of life for many of these people reflected in the way their stories get told, echoes of similar experiences creeping through just as much as the stark differences.
Toby Wharton’s uber-British Tattoo Boy rages with a fiercely incredible nationalistic anti-immigrant rant but he’s instantly juxtaposed with Antonia Thomas’ Eritrean refugee, horrifically sexually abused whilst trying to seek asylum here. And in the staff body, Ashley McGuire’s beautifully pragmatic hostel manager Sharon is contrasted with the smugness of Danny Sapani’s key worker, fully sure that his presence alone means he has a connection with his charges, unaware of just how disengaged he really is.