24/23
Hard Truths is Mike Leigh’s return to the modern world with a fierce, compassionate, and often darkly humorous exploration of family and the uneasy bonds that unite us. Starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Michele Austin, this expansive film from a master actor takes us into the intricacies of kinship, duty, and that most enduring of human mysteries: how, even in the midst of life’s hurts and hardships, we still find ways to love those we call family.