Mike Leigh, Marianne Jean-Baptiste & Tuwaine Barrett on Hard Truths | NYFF62

Director Mike Leigh returned to the New York Film Festival in its 62nd edition to discuss Hard Truths, his 10th Main Slate selection, joined by stars Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Tuwaine Barrett. Moderated by NYFF selection committee member Dennis Lim. Hard Truths opens at Film at Lincoln Center on December 6 for an exclusive one-week run; returning to FLC on January 10. Sign up for the FLC newsletter to be the first to know when tickets are on sale: https://www.filmlinc.org/email-lists/ Mike Leigh returns to a contemporary milieu for the first time since 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. An NYFF62 Main Slate selection. A Bleecker Street release. More info: http://filmlinc.org Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... Like on Facebook:   / filmlinc   Follow on X:   / filmlinc   Follow on Instagram:   / filmlinc