The Base explores the little-known world of rickshaw riders in London. Hidden beneath the city's streets, the film dives head long into a mysterious, secret society of eccentric, fringe characters from as far-flung points on the globe as Poland, Bangladesh, Japan all bound together by a common destiny -- wherever they come from or are going, they find themselves today shedding blood sweat and tears at a socioeconomic crossroads -- a bizarre way-station at the margins of life in the modern c...

How far must one go to find adventure? ... It is not showing off to the world but invisible, not astonishing afar. It lures and charms only when you reach its gates, and at most you realize it once it´s over. But where to find it then? In the midst of deep mountains, gorges, canyons or towering cliffs? The answer may be closer than you think ...