Hard Truths

6.6
  • Genre: DramaComedy
  • Run time: 97 min
  • Premiere: 2024. December 6.

Pansy is a woman so full of rage that every interaction she has devolves into lashing out, whether at her utterly cowed husband and son, or random strangers who have the temerity to address her. In contrast, her younger sister Chantelle lives with her two vivacious daughters and plies a successful trade as a hairdresser, putting clients at their ease all day long. Yet beneath Pansy’s abrasive exterior are hints of a more fragile psyche, one motivated by fear and damaged by repressed pain.

Discover

Michele Austin

Chantelle

David Webber

Curtley

Sophia Brown

Aleisha

Jo Martin

Nurse Salon Client

Llewella Gideon

Smoking Salon Client

Yvette Boakye

Salon Client

Chinenye Ezeudu

Salon Client

Elliot Edusah

Sofa Couple (Daniel)

Tiwa Lade

Sofa Couple (Savannah)

Alice Bailey Johnson

Furniture Assistant

Gary Beadle

Irate Motorist

Diveen Henry

Supermarket Customer

Bryony Miller

Supermarket Customer

Syrus Lowe

Kayla’s Colleague

Naana Agyei-Ampadu

Aleisha’s Supervisor

Khali Best

Street Boy

Jyuddah Jaymes

Street Boy

Donna Banya

Moses’s New Friend

Art

Suzie Davies

Production Design

Elena Real-Davies

Art Direction

Charlotte Dirickx

Set Decoration

Chris Allies

Title Designer

Philippa Brocklehurst

Assistant Art Director

Jane Brodie

Graphic Designer

Hafina Morgan

Assistant Set Decoration

Natasha Sadier

Art Department Assistant

Caroline Harper

Standby Art Director

Camera

Dick Pope

Director of Photography

Ryan S. Adams

Second Assistant Camera

Ryan S. Adams

Steadicam Operator

Kevin Bell

Digital Imaging Technician

Lucy Bristow

Camera Operator

Graham Martyr

First Assistant "B" Camera

Costume & Make-Up

Jacqueline Durran

Costume Design

Nora Robertson

Hair Designer

Nora Robertson

Makeup Designer

Jodie Al-Saiegh

Makeup Artist

Emily Bowen

Assistant Costume Designer

Francoise Herard

Makeup Supervisor

Crew

Polly Duval

Post Production Supervisor

Crispin Layfield

Stunt Coordinator

Directing

Mike Leigh

Director

Elizabeth Benbow

Script Supervisor

Jessica Laws

First Assistant Director

Sophie Graham

Third Assistant Director

Joe Payne

Second Assistant Director

Editing

Lighting

Andy Long

Gaffer

Mike Parsons

Electrician

Production

Priya Bhakta

Production Manager

Nina Gold

Casting Director

Richard Kondal

Executive Producer

Kent Sanderson

Executive Producer

Henry Woolley

Co-Producer

Georgina Lowe

Producer

Gail Egan

Executive Producer

Jennifer Eriksson

Executive Producer

Alison Thompson

Executive Producer

Mark Gooder

Executive Producer

Andrew Karpen

Executive Producer

Kent Anderson

Executive Producer

Javier Méndez

Executive Producer

Polly Duval

Post Production Producer

Javier Pons

Executive Producer

Ollie Madden

Executive Producer

Daniel Battsek

Executive Producer

Sound

Gary Yershon

Original Music Composer

Robert Ireland

Sound Designer

Ryan Al-Shybani

Second Assistant Sound

Joanna Andrews

Boom Operator

Adam Daniel

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Lee Herrick

Supervising Sound Editor

Maxwell MacRae

Foley Mixer

Franziska Treutler

Foley Artist

Tim Fraser

Production Sound Mixer

Joanna Andrews

First Assistant Sound Editor

Adam Scrivener

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Writing

Mike Leigh

Writer