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A woman is united with the adult daughter she never knew in this original and authentic comedy-drama from seven-time Oscar nominated writer-director Mike Leigh. Leigh created the script by his usual method, working with his top team of actors (assembled by casting directors Paddy Stern and Susie Parriss) to develop the characters and storyline, and the result earned nominations for stars Brenda Blethyn and Marianne Jean-Baptiste as the unlikely mother-daughter pair.
The cast includes Leigh regulars such as Timothy Spall and Lesley Manville, and the film was also nominated for Best Picture (Simon Channing-Williams, producer), Leigh’s direction, and the film’s original screenplay.
Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.
1996 | 136 min. | UK | Color | English | Rated R | DCP
DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Mike Leigh
WITH: Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Timothy Spall, Claire Rushbrook