To say that Joan and Tom have settled into habits is misleading, suggesting that habit is what keeps them together. The film uses gentle rhythms and repetition – an evening walk along the waterfront is a recurring motif – to evoke a relationship which is easy and companionable. Not surprisingly, it is a deeply affecting piece which should leave audiences at further festivals and arthouse theatres sobbing into their popcorn. It’s a highly personal work – McCafferty drew on the experiences that he and his wife shared during her treatment for breast cancer. This is the first screenplay by renowned playwright McCafferty, although one of his plays, Mickybo And Me, was previously adapted into a film. Should leave audiences at further festivals and arthouse theatres sobbing into their popcorn The matter-of-fact candour of the film extends to the no-frills direction what shines is the combination of Owen McCafferty’s stingingly honest screenplay and the two lovely, emotionally textured central performances. Leslie Manville and Liam Neeson star as Joan and Tom, a long-married couple whose easy equilibrium is disturbed when she is diagnosed with breast cancer. 92 minsĪn achingly intimate portrait of a marriage weathering a storm, the third feature from directing team Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn ( Good Vibrations) is anything but ordinary. Source: Toronto International Film Festivalĭirs.
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