After period pieces Mr Turner (2014) and Peterloo (2018), Mike Leigh returns to contemporary drama in Hard Truths. Widely praised as a powerful, hard-hitting portrait of conflict in an Afro-Caribbean British family, the film blends raw emotion with dark humour.  

Hard Truths feels like quintessential Mike Leigh: intimate, humane and quietly devastating. Through textured performances and unvarnished dialogue, the film peels back layers of everyday life with its complexities, frustrations and sometimes difficult family relationships. Its slow-burn honesty reveals the deep-seated hostility and despair experienced by the main character, Pansy (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) and her warm and easy-going sister, Chantelle (Michele Austin). This is an unpretentious, piercing triumph of observational storytelling.

60 non-member tickets are available to purchase for this screening. Non-member tickets are £5 (full-time students £3) and can be purchased in advance from The Exchange's Box Office: online at http://exchangetwickenham.co.uk/events, by telephone 020 8240 2399 or in person. To ensure that you secure a ticket and avoid disappointment, we strongly recommend early pre-booking via The Exchange.

Richmond Film Society was formed in 1963 and has since screened around 900 films. Our objective was, and remains, to bring our community the very best in World Cinema. Our seasons run from September to June and attract an aggregate audience of over 5,000. For further information on RFS and the programme of films, please visit http://www.richmondfilmsoc.org.uk