torsdag 9. september 2010

Erin Brochovich

The movie Erin Brochovich is based on a true story about a unemployed, single mother with financial difficulties and trouble finding a job based on her lack of education. After showing up at a law ferm demanding them to hire her, she finally gets lucky and is hired as a file clerk. At this point, Erins life will soon change dramatically.
One day she comes across a suspicious file, and after looking in to it a little further she discovers that the company PG&E is responsible for industrial poisoning (hexavalent chromium) of the town of Hinkley's water supply and as a result infected many residents in the city, with such as cancer. She starts fighting to bring the company to justice, and after many ups and downs they manage to not only win the case, but PG&E were orderen to pay a settlement amount of $333 million that was divided among the 634 plaintiffs.

This story is incredibly inspiring. It shows how a woman, with everything in her life going downhill, can still find the strenght to not give up and fight for both herself and others. The message in this movie is deffinately to never give up, have faith in yourself, and belive that nothing is imposible, and that one person can actullay make a difference.