Synopsis
Reunited with Leigh for the first time since multiple Oscar-nominated Secrets and Lies, the astonishing Marianne Jean-Baptiste plays Pansy, a woman wracked by fear, tormented by afflictions, and prone to raging tirades against her husband, son, and anyone who looks her way. Meanwhile, her easygoing younger sister, is a single mother with a life as different from Pansy’s as their clashing temperaments — brimming with communal warmth from her salon clients and daughters alike. This expansive film from a master dramatist takes us into the intensities of kinship, duty, and the most enduring of human mysteries: that even through lifetimes of hurt and hardship, we still find ways to love those we call family.
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Movie Details
| Japan Releases: | October 24th, 2025 (Limited), released as Hard Truths (ハード・トゥルース 母の日に願うこと) |
| Video Release: | February 11th, 2025 by Bleecker Street |
| MPAA Rating: | R for language. (Rating bulletin 2839 (cert #54951), 6/19/2024) |
| Running Time: | 97 minutes |
| Keywords: | Comedy Drama, Toronto International Film Festival 2024, Set in London, Disrupted by 2020 COVID-19 pandemic |
| Source: | Original Screenplay |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Contemporary Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Film4, Thin Man Films, Mediapro, Creativity Media |
| Production Countries: | Spain, United Kingdom |
| Languages: | English |