Sins of London Triptych (3) The Man in the Road

A short story about hope, death and the desperate need for redemption.

What came to mind first was `Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett.

Then, from one comment, I wondered about Franz Kafka.

At the finish of it, I thought about Henry David Thoreau, from `Walden:

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.

After Ashley's runs off to find out exactly where they are, the camera moves from one segment of London to another.  It is all desolate, and what we hear is only industrial hum.  It is terrible not to know where they are.  But that's part of the theme.  The three - Ashley, Beth and Ray - are desperately lost and they are a disparate trio: fit and drunken, Christian and atheist, men and woman.  Yet, it is Cale's death that galvanizes them into prayer finally.

So this short firm doesn't just have existential overtones, but frank Christian redemption.