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Secrets & Lies
Why this pick
Another intimate Mike Leigh ensemble: patient observation, painful humour and extraordinary performances let family bonds and long-buried feelings surface without melodrama.
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MOVIE2010 2h 9m GBR
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Tom Hepple, a geologist, and Gerri Hepple, a counsellor, are an older married couple who have a comfortable, loving relationship. The film observes them over the course of the four seasons of a year, surrounded by family and friends who mostly suffer some degree of unhappiness. Gerri's friend and colleague, Mary, works as a receptionist at the health centre. She is a middle-aged divorcee seeking a new relationship, and despite telling everyone she is happy, appears desperate and depressed. She often seems to drink too much. The Hepples' only child, Joe, is 30 and unmarried and works as a solicitor giving advice on housing.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Jim Broadbent
Tom
Ruth Sheen
Gerri
David Bradley
Ronnie
Michele Austin
Tanya
Ralph Ineson
Drill Worker
Eileen Davies
Mourner
Mary Jo Randle
Mourner
Stuart McQuarrie
Tom's Colleague