Synopsis:

COMEDIC DRAMA:

Legendary filmmaker Mike Leigh returns with a darkly humorous study of family and the thorny ties that bind us.

Pansy is wracked by fear, tormented by afflictions, and prone to raging tirades against her husband, son, and anyone who looks her way. Meanwhile, her younger sister, Chantelle is a single mother with a life brimming with communal warmth from her salon clients and daughters alike.

This story takes us into the most enduring of human mysteries: that even through lifetimes of hurt and hardship, we still manage to find ways to love those we call family.

“Mike Leigh’s movies have a fire that’s practically adolescent while imparting a wisdom that’s possibly ancient. ‘Hard Truths’ is a tragi-comedy and one of the very few great films of this year.” – Roger Ebert