Another Year
About a microcosm of relationships and a lack of relationships, about growing older and past lives within lives.
The world of work is introduced and set aside.
The network of relationships plays forward through the seasons of the year.
Lesley Manville's performance as Mary is key. Mary's silences say the most. Her needs are least met and yet she is the character who is most emotionally generous.
The settings are the allotment and the houses. The paraphernalia in the houses is a carefully crafted statement.
There is comedy in the tragedy.
The familiar feels uncomfortable.
Lovely Mike Leigh stuff.
Go see!
The world of work is introduced and set aside.
The network of relationships plays forward through the seasons of the year.
Lesley Manville's performance as Mary is key. Mary's silences say the most. Her needs are least met and yet she is the character who is most emotionally generous.
The settings are the allotment and the houses. The paraphernalia in the houses is a carefully crafted statement.
There is comedy in the tragedy.
The familiar feels uncomfortable.
Lovely Mike Leigh stuff.
Go see!