Graphic scenes show them separately plying their trade with demanding customers in bleak, joyless settings.

Still, there's a lot to like here, and the film's bleak setting and empathetic tone add interest to what could have been a by-the-numbers affair.

Despite its dark undercurrents and bleak setting, the film manages to be very funny and even life-affirming overall.

The page's cover photo also depicted a snowy and bleak setting.

A single winter boot, the purple-and-yellow nylon of the upper portion too bright in this bleak setting.

"The problem is, though, that depressed people tend to be withdrawn and to stay in a bleak setting devoid of any positive distractions."

Obviously, such bleak settings are meant to mirror the emotional emptiness of the characters' lives.

Her life up to that point had been in the somewhat bleak settings of Leicester and the London suburbs.

The 14-year-old has missed out on childhood in a bleak setting in the near future in which 69 percent of the adult population is alcoholic.

As before, Wagner uses the bleakest settings to underscore his characters' loneliness and alienation.