What would happen if the global economy suddenly collapsed? Paula van der Oest′s <The Domino Effect> is a faceted study of what happens when people lose their financial safety net, particularly in societies where identity and feelings of happiness and well-being are strongly dependent on material and economic success. Initially shot during the Global Financial Crisis with a prestigious international production and storylines playing in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, India, China and South-Africa, this is a film about how we are all more connected than we sometimes like to think, and about how the system in which we operate, from cabinet minister to cleaner, are tied together. But as much as it is about a machine which none of us control, it is also about ourselves, our dreams and desires, our losses and the fear of loss - and ultimately the importance of family and love.