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Hard Truths

6.4(177)20241h 37m3

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$718.9K
Language
English
  • dysfunctional family
  • family relationships
  • sympathy
  • broken family
  • dramedy
  • sisterhood
  • anger issues
  • independent film
  • sharp

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Mike Leigh

Writers

Mike Leigh

Produced in

United Kingdom, Spain

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereNew York Film Festival5 Oct 2024
    • PremiereMill Valley Film Festival7 Oct 2024
    • PremiereHamptons International Film Festival8 Oct 2024
    • PremiereWoodstock Film Festival17 Oct 2024
    • PremiereMiddleburg Film Festival18 Oct 2024
    • PremiereMontclair Film Festival19 Oct 2024
    • PremierePhiladelphia Film Festival20 Oct 2024
    • PremiereAFI Fest24 Oct 2024
    • PremiereDenver Film Festival9 Nov 2024
    • Theatrical (limited)RNew York City, NY & Los Angeles, CA6 Dec 2024
    • TheatricalR10 Jan 2025
    • Digital / OTTR11 Feb 2025
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereBFI London Film Festival14 Oct 2024
    • Theatrical12A31 Jan 2025
    • Digital / OTT1217 Mar 2025
    • Physical12Blu-ray & DVD 21 Apr 2025
  • AustraliaAU

    • PremiereMBritish Film Festival8 Nov 2024
    • TheatricalM6 Mar 2025
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereToronto International Film Festival6 Sept 2024
    • Theatrical (limited)24 Jan 2025
  • CroatiaHR

    • Theatrical26 Jun 2025
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical13 Mar 2025
  • FinlandFI

    • Theatrical21 Mar 2025
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical2 Apr 2025
    • Digital / OTTCanal+17 Nov 2025
    • TVCiné+ Festival17 Nov 2025
  • GermanyDE

    • PremiereMunich International Film Festival3 Jul 2025
  • GreeceGR

    • Theatrical13 Mar 2025
  • Hong KongHK

    • PremiereHong Kong International Film Festival12 Apr 2025
  • IrelandIE

    • PremiereBelfast Film Festival9 Nov 2024
    • Theatrical15A31 Jan 2025

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Hard Truths was released on 6 December 2024.

Audience reviews

4
  • B

    Brent Marchant

    1/19/2025

    8/10

    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, including those we’re thought to care most about. But those conditions can become so overwhelming that we can’t cope nor allow well-me…

  • R

    r96sk

    1/31/2025

    9/10

    <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). Marianne Jean-Baptiste is outstanding as Pansy, a character that is on the surface quite unlikeable but due to her performance as well as sm…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    2/4/2025

    7/10

    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 monologue of depressing observations about the decline of society as she picks a fight with just about everyone and anyone she can - inc…

  • C

    Chandler Danier

    2/19/2025

    10/10

    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. It is the best sad film.

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