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    HARD TRUTHS

    Directed by Mike Leigh
    United Kingdom/Spain | 97 minutes | Modern Masters

  

Guests, including Mike Leigh and Marianne Jean-Baptiste, expected on January 5

Film Festival 2025

Legendary British director Mike Leigh reunites with Oscar®-nominee Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Secrets & Lies) for an empathetic portrait of a dysfunctional family and its fierce matriarch, the prickly housewife Pansy (Jean-Baptiste), who stands in stark contrast to her easygoing hair-salon owner sister, Chantelle (Michele Austin).

film details

Director: Mike Leigh
Producers: Georgina Lowe
Screenwriter: Mike Leigh
Cinematographers: Dick Pope
Editor: Tania Reddin
Music: Gary Yershon
Cast: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Michele Austin, David Webber, Tuwaine Barrett, Ani Nelson, Sophia Brown, Jonathan Livingstone
Country: United Kingdom/Spain
Language: English
Year: 2024
Running Time: 97 minutes
Director Filmography: Mr. Turner (2014), Another Year (PSIFF 2011), Vera Drake (2004), Topsy-Turvy (1999), Secrets & Lies (1996)
Awards: Best Actress, New York City Film Critics Circle Awards
Primary Company: Bleecker Street Media
Website: https://bleeckerstreetmedia.com/hard-truths

Film Festival 2025