Un jour ou l'autre

When you are pennyless, one day can feel very much like the previous one. Any unforeseen event, a mugging, a separation, a physical handicap, the closure of your place of employment, can all be the start of slow slide into poverty. Four families have accepted to talk about it. "We never believed it could happen to us, but it did !". "Come to think of it almost anyone could suddenly have to face poverty". Men and women - young and old - tell their stories, speak of the hopes they hold for their own future and that of their children. They look forward to better times. Some day... Far from being unusual, these cases are moving testimonies - intense yet dignified - which can make us aware of some hidden facets of our society's way of life. Are we safe ourselves ? What would happen if we had to face an accident, a disease, the loss of our job ? Some day...