Hard Truths (12A)

14th May 2025 2:00pm (Doors open at 1:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Hard Truths was nominated for Best British Film and Marianne Jean-Baptiste was nominarted for Best Actress at the BAFTAs.

Pansy is a woman tormented by anger and depression, hypersensitive to the slightest possible offence and ever ready to fly off the handle. She criticises her husband and their adult son so relentlessly that neither bothers to argue with her. She picks fights with strangers and sales clerks and enumerates the world's countless flaws to anyone who will listen, especially her cheerful sister Chantal, who, despite their clashing temperaments, might be the only person still capable of sympathising with her.

A gruelling but ultimately rewarding experience, this is Leigh at his most confrontational, devastating and humane, aided by the unadulterated power of Jean-Baptiste’s career-redefining performance. Laura Venning Empire Magazine

Starring: Marianne Jean-Baptiste; Michelle Austin; David Webber

Director: Mike Leigh

Time: 97 minutes