
Overview:
Housewife Pansy is not happy. She is agoraphobic, a hypochondriac and paranoid about animals, birds, insects, plants and flowers. She is confrontational with everyone, especially her plumber husband Curtley and her unemployed son Moses, whom she thinks is wasting his life. Her sister Chantelle runs a thriving hair salon. A single mum, she enjoys life, and lives harmoniously with her daughters Kayla, who works in cosmetics, and Aleisha, a trainee lawyer.Status: | Released (2024-12-06) |
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Awards: | Nominated for 2 BAFTA 26 wins & 56 nominations total |
BoxOffice: | $808,122 |
Screen: | Mike Leigh |
Productions: | Film4 Productions, The Mediapro Studio, Thin Man Films, Creativity Media, Cornerstone Films |
Production Countries: | Spain, United Kingdom |
Spoken Languages: | English |


Casts
- 17352: Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Pansy
- 145694: Michele Austin - Chantelle
- 1628513: David Webber - Curtley
- 2355285: Tuwaine Barrett - Moses
- 1944465: Ani Nelson - Kayla
- 1775383: Sophia Brown - Aleisha
- 2611671: Jonathan Livingstone - Virgil
Crews
- 65452: Mike Leigh - Director - Directing
- 3246128: Priya Bhakta - Production Manager - Production
- 36591: Jacqueline Durran - Costume Design - Costume & Make-Up
- 1540178: Tania Reddin - Editor - Editing
- 1335159: Suzie Davies - Production Design - Art
- 3473859: Elizabeth Benbow - Script Supervisor - Directing
- 1763900: Kent Sanderson - Executive Producer - Production
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Reviews
Brent Marchant
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As many of us can attest, the strains of daily living and the ghosts of our past can take their toll on us in myriad ways, leaving us frazzled, frustrated, depressed and perpetually angry. We may not like the emergence of those outcomes, as they can effectively isolate us from others ....
Continue reading ->r96sk
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<em>'Hard Truths'</em> features superb performances and an extremely hearty narrative, it's genuinely one of the saddest films I've seen in a long while; these type of real, gritty stories are always more impactful to me than the more manufactured drama (not that that's bad). Mari ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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Marianne Jean-Baptiste turns in a splendid performance here as the troubled "Pansy". She's married to "Curtley" (David Webber) and mother to "Moses" (Tiwaine Barrett) but suffice to say she's not an happy woman. Her glass is most definitely half empty as she delivers monologue after ....
Continue reading ->Chandler Danier
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I love how angry this lady is. She's so smart. Every day she'd cut me to pieces; asking me why my chihuahua is wearing clothes. Great emotion. Tension. How is that house so fucking organized? Box it up. She's better than Culkin. A much more real pain. A much tighter run time. I ....
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