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Another Year

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UK Film Council

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Thin Man Films

United Kingdom

United States of America

English

Lesley Manville

Ruth Sheen

Jim Broadbent

Oliver Maltman

David Bradley

Peter Wight

Karina Fernandez

Michele Austin

Phil Davis

Martin Savage

Imelda Staunton

Stuart McQuarrie

Eileen Davies

Mary Jo Randle

Ben Roberts

Ralph Ineson

Edna Doré

Badi Uzzaman

Meneka Das

Gary Powell

Lisa McDonald

David Hobbs

Mike Leigh

Gary Yershon

Georgina Lowe

Dick Pope

Jon Gregory

Jacqueline Durran

Sophia Chowdhury

Andrew Rothschild

Tessa Ross

Nina Gold

Gail Egan

Simon Beresford

Heather Storr

Andrew Glen

Nigel Stone

Simon Mein

Mark Paterson

Andy Thompson

Polly Duval

Lesa Warrener

Christine Blundell

Josh Robertson

Steve Wheeler

Will Tyler

Nicholas Kay

Jason Canovas

Simon Hewitt

Henry Woolley

Sarah McBryde

Eugene Grobler

Robert Sterne

Danielle Brandon

Gordon Segrove

Holly Waddington

William Towers

Andy Long

Melanie Heseltine

Toby Hosking

Martin Oswin

Simon Channing Williams

John Evans

Steve Wentworth

Tim Fraser

Loveday Harding

Chloe Meddings

Wailoon Chung

Les Fiddess

Chris Allies

Filipe Manuel Neto

**It's not an easy film, it won't please everyone, but it presents a good story and excellent actors in another very well executed dramatic exercise.**

This movie is about an elderly couple, who live a peaceful and happy life. They don't have anything that makes them special, they could be our parents or grandparents. They simply have a stable and quiet life, without any fuss and solidly founded on a past of companionship built on a happy marriage. Perhaps for this reason, they end up being a kind of “shelter” for friends and family in a more distressing situation.

After seeing the film, I got the feeling that addiction is a theme very present in the narrative: if we look closely, the characters who approach this peaceful couple are, quite evidently, consumed by their own addictions, building over them several fears and paranoia. Alcohol abuse, sedentary lifestyle, vanity, are bad habits that they carry and that dominate them, despite the efforts of the friendly couple to support them, and the way the anguished characters manage to capture our sympathy. The script works well with all of this, and although the film takes a while to get there, it really grabs our attention and manages to hold us intelligently, with high doses of realism giving it all a bonus of welcome credibility.

Jim Broadbent and Ruth Sheen deserve praise for the way they gave themselves to their characters and gave them body, shape, voice and personality. The two actors are veterans and have already given solid proof of their quality, but the way they presented themselves here is impeccable and really pleasant. I also liked the performance of Oliver Maltman and Lesley Manville, who give life to two other characters of great importance in the story.

As with a series of other dramas that focus on the relationship between characters, the film is strongly committed to the creation of a solid script, good dialogues and a strong, quality cast. Technical issues were left in the background, but they are guided by discretion and functionality that borders on pragmatism. The movie is a little slow, but I have an idea that this was intentional.

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Lesley Manville

Ruth Sheen

Jim Broadbent

Oliver Maltman

David Bradley

Peter Wight

Karina Fernandez

Michele Austin

Phil Davis

Martin Savage

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