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 |