Missing Link Productions

As a series of perverse scam calls unsettles an idyllic retirement community, a starry-eyed nurse becomes entangled with her mysterious patient.

Filmed over 15 years across three countries with the same actors, Ben Hicks’ debut feature weaves together a kaleidoscopic portrait of a couple whose taste for worldly adventures brings passionate love and the thrill of the unknown, alongside niggling questions about economic security and the future.

Rough on Rats is inspired by the real-life crime story of “Tillie Klimek, the Black Widow of Chicago. With a body count that rivals Richard Speck and John Wayne Gacy, Tillie dispatched 20 husbands and lovers by feeding them hearty soups and tasty candies laced with arsenic.“

Divine sex worker, Liam, bikes through Chicago delivering snacks and pure satisfaction to his love-hungry clients, while a serial killer begins targeting his clients that leaves a trail of blood to his innocent lover's own bed.

Faye and Johnny rob a gangsters' poker den. Faye double crosses Johnny and takes off with the money and is soon pursued by the oldest and deadliest assassin in town. Worse still, Faye meets Blanche, a friendly but crazy waitress, at a truck stop.

A man tries to save his family from the throes of poverty by investing their savings into speculative cryptocurrencies. His life soon becomes an anxiety-inducing nightmare as his investment strategy turns into a full-blown gambling addiction.