Pansy Deacon is a depressed and anxious woman trapped in a loveless marriage and suffering deep scars from childhood trauma. She is played with absolute conviction by Marianne Jean-Baptiste. Her husband Curtly (David Webber) is emotionally stilted and can barely mumble more than a few words at a time. Her son Moses (Tuwaine Barrett) is also scarcely conscious and shuffles through his young life.

Pansy is so relentlessly unpleasant to everyone she meets, if it was any other filmmaker there would have been an early case or uxoricide. But Leigh is a master of telling these kinds of stories and presenting them in a hype-free and believable manner. This forces you to look much deeper into their lives to find some redemptive qualities.

There are just a small number of fleeting moments that hint at a better life for the main protagonists and you have to be sharp to catch them. Those scenes are transformative and reward those with an attention to detail. While Hard Truths is a lifetime away from being a happy experience, it is one that slices through the white noise.
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In this multi-award-winning tragi-comedy set in London, famed director Mike Leigh reunites with Marianne Jean-Baptiste for a compelling study of human strengths and weaknesses.

The story revolves around Pansy, a hypersensitive woman who constantly criticizes her husband Curtley and adult son Moses, leading to their silence rather than argument.

She often picks fights with strangers and shares her grievances with her empathetic sister Chantal.

As Pansy’s pain unfolds, the film questions the family’s breaking point, showcasing Leigh’s signature humour and compassion towards these complex characters.
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