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Hard Truths

Thursday, Oct 10, 2024 at 6:00 pm

Location: Redstone Theater

Dir. Mike Leigh. 2024, 97 mins. U.K. DCP. Mike Leigh returns to a contemporary milieu for the first time since 2010’s Another Year for this raw, uncompromising domestic drama that continues the great British filmmaker’s inquiries into the possibility for happiness and the limits of human connection. In a gutsy, excoriating performance, Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Oscar nominee for Leigh’s Secrets & Lies) absorbs herself completely into the role of Pansy, a middle-aged, working-class woman whose emotional and physical health problems have metastasized into a profound and relentless anger that’s become toxic for everyone around her, including her husband, grown son, doctors, and even strangers on the street. Raging against every aspect of her domestic life and fearful of the world beyond, Pansy only finds potential solace in the unwavering love of her sister, Chantelle (a magnificent, gracious Michele Austin). Bringing his customary, thrilling eye for the details of human behavior and the complexities of social interaction, Leigh has created in close collaboration with his extraordinary cast a rigorous and unflinching look at a life in freefall. A Bleecker Street release.

Tickets for this event are sold out. Please note, a limited number of standby tickets may become available at the door. Tickets: $30 / discounted for MoMI and NYFF members and students ($25). There is a $1.50 transaction fee per ticket for all online purchases.

Order tickets. Please pick up tickets at the Museum’s admissions desk upon arrival. All seating is general admission.