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Hard Truths

Dir. Mike Leigh
Constellation
Wed 13 Nov - Sun 17 Nov
Wed 13 Nov
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Sun 17 Nov
  • Wed 13 Nov
    18:00 - 19:37
    Audio Description Available
    Hyde Park Picture House, Leeds
    Screen 1
    Past event
  • Fri 15 Nov
    16:15 - 17:52
    Descriptive Subtitles
    Vue in the Light, Leeds
    Screen 12
    Past event
  • Sun 17 Nov
    16:15 - 17:52
    Vue in the Light, Leeds
    Screen 12
    Past event

Mike Leigh returns with an unflinching and darkly humorous portrait of a woman full of fury and teetering on the edge.

Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Oscar-nominated for Secrets & Lies) gives an outstanding central performance as Pansy, a woman whose emotional and physical health issues have spiralled into deep, uncontrollable anger. This rage affects everyone around her—from her husband and grown-up son to her doctor, dentist and supermarket cashier. In contrast, Pansy’s sister Chantelle is a compassionate spirit who balances her struggles with the ability to find and embrace joy. Hard Truths is a candid yet moving and empathetic portrayal of untreated suffering.

"A vivid, superbly acted and directed portrait of psychic pain and its collateral wreckage, filled out with lashes of humor and tiny brush strokes of tenderness" - Jon Frosch, Hollywood Reporter 

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Content Guidance


Contains scenes of bullying.

Hard Truths

Director: Mike Leigh
Running time: 97 minutes
Production year: 2024
Country: UK, Spain
Language: English
UK distributor: Studiocanal
Cast: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Michele Austin

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Constellation

Constellation is the new name for our main programme section where we preview many of the most talked about films of the year and present UK Premieres of films from exciting new filmmakers in our feature film competition.