39/12
Acclaimed filmmaker Mike Lee returns to the contemporary world with an intense, compassionate and often darkly humorous study of family and the bitter ties that bind us. The stunning Marion Jean-Baptiste, reuniting with Leigh for the first time since the Oscar-nominated Secrets and Lies, plays Pansy, who is haunted by fear, tormented by persecution and lashing out at her husband, son and anyone who looks at her. Meanwhile, her easy-going younger sister, played by Michelle Osteen (Another Year), is a single mother whose life contrasts with Pansy’s conflicted natures – her salon is filled with communal warmth from clients and daughters. This sweeping film from a veteran playwright takes us to the intensities of kinship, duty, and one of the most enduring human mysteries: Even through a lifetime of pain and hardship, we still find ways to love those we call family.