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Hard Truths  2024
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Director:  Mike Leigh
Producer:
  Georgina Lowe
Art Director:
  Elena Real-Davies
Editor:
  Tania Reddin
Music:
  Gary Yershon
Screenplay:
  Mike Leigh
Director of Photography:
  Dick Pope
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Cast:
spacer1 Marianne Jean-Baptiste
spacer1 Michele Austin
spacer1 David Webber
spacer1 Bryony Miller
spacer1 Sophia Brown
spacer1 Twain Barrett
spacer1 Tiwa Lade
spacer1 Hara Varsani
spacer1 Ani Nelson
spacer1 Felicita Ramondo
spacer1 Llewella Gideon
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spacer1 Marianne Jean-Baptiste spacer1 Michele Austin spacer1 David Webber
spacer1 Bryony Miller spacer1 Sophia Brown spacer1 Twain Barrett
spacer1 Tiwa Lade spacer1 Hara Varsani spacer1 Ani Nelson
spacer1 Felicita Ramondo spacer1 Llewella Gideon spacer1
spacer1 Marianne Jean-Baptiste spacer1 Michele Austin
spacer1 David Webber spacer1 Bryony Miller
spacer1 Sophia Brown spacer1 Twain Barrett
spacer1 Tiwa Lade spacer1 Hara Varsani
spacer1 Ani Nelson spacer1 Felicita Ramondo
spacer1 Llewella Gideon spacer1

Synopsis:
Sisters Pansy and Chantal are chalk and cheese, but their close bond is the foundation that their extended family is built upon. Lately, life has proven too much for Pansy, her anguish manifests in relentless criticism of the world, leaving her husband Curtley, son Moses and Chantal walking on eggshells. Things come to a head over the course of a Mother’s Day weekend.
Review:
Rarely have the nuances of familial relations been so accurately captured on screen. Working with regular collaborators Dick Pope (cinematography), Jacqueline Duran (costume design), Gary Yershon (music) and Suzie Davis (production design), Hard Truths ranks with Leigh’s finest films. Michelle Austin, David Webber and Tuwaine Barrett excel as members of the Pansy family. But in reuniting with Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Secrets & Lies), audiences are treated to a performance so intimate in its details, it could almost be moments from a home movie.

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