Smoke and Mirrors - Lost

2011, 4 minutes

Video about selfish good deeds

A homeless man, Billy, spins a story about being lost and trying to get back to London to see his family in order to get passers by to give him money. Nathan, a wealthy guy with a social conscience, decides to take him for a meal and hear his story. In the cafe he is spotted by some female friends who are obviously bamboozled by the homeless man and one of them, Georgia, had seen him earlier that day begging. However, they leave Nathan and Billy to it, and Nathan decides to take Billy to the train station and buy him the ticket to London, not realising it's just a story. So as Nathan waves Billy off, Billy slumps back - now he's really lost.

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