SPECIAL EVENT
HARD TRUTHS (12A)
Thursday 23rd January '25 at 8pm
Actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste and director Mike Leigh have reunited for a hard-hitting new film, nearly three decades after they first worked together.
Pansy is a woman tormented by anger and depression, hypersensitive to the slightest possible offence and ever ready to fly off the handle. She criticises her husband and their adult son so relentlessly that neither bothers to argue with her. She picks fights with strangers and sales clerks and enumerates the world's countless flaws to anyone who will listen, especially her cheerful sister Chantal, who, despite their clashing temperaments, might be the only person still capable of sympathising with her.
(Contains infrequent strong language, moderate sex references)
Mike Leigh is a prolific film playwright, screenwriter, and director. His scripting style of improvisation has made his work distinct from others, a master of believable drama with over 28 films and 21 plays to date. Over a five-decade career, he has produced a series of gut-wrenching, slice-of-life films including Secrets & Lies and Another Year. He's also proven himself adept at period pieces like Mr. Turner and Peterloo. He blends both of these sensibilities in Vera Drake, starring Imelda Staunton, and displays a more darkly comic side in Sally Hawkins collaboration Happy-Go-Lucky.
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