WHO’S IN IT?
Vanessa Redgrave (Howards End), Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner), Stephen Lord (Until Death), David Schaal (The Inbetweeners Movie), Wendy Morgan (Yanks), Michael Keogh (Icharus Broken), Joanne Pearce (Whoops Apocalypse), Laurence Mills (film debut), Rose Noble (film debut)
WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?
Adrian Noble (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), director; Martyn Hesford (film debut), writer; Debbie Gray (The More You Ignore Me), producer; Craig Armstrong (Far From The Madding Crowd), composer; Josep M. Civit (Uncertain Glory), cinematographer; Chris Gill (Calvary), editor
WHAT’S IT ABOUT?
British artist L.S. Lowry (Spall) is eager for his work to be appreciated in London, but his disdainful mother Elizabeth (Redgrave), with whom Lowry lives, does whatever she can to dissuade her son from pursuing his artistic ambitions…
IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?
This is a powerful and emotional British drama that charters the early career of acclaimed artist L.S. Lowry, with a heavy focus on his tumultuous but effective relationship with his opinionated mother, which actors Vanessa Redgrave and Timothy Spall do their very best to bring to life.