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A couple's visit with their son takes a dramatic turn when the father tells him he plans on leaving his mother.A couple's visit with their son takes a dramatic turn when the father tells him he plans on leaving his mother.A couple's visit with their son takes a dramatic turn when the father tells him he plans on leaving his mother.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination
Neilesh Ambu
- Funeral Guest
- (uncredited)
Dawn Batty
- Pub Customer
- (uncredited)
Anne Bryson
- Anne Bryson
- (uncredited)
Jennifer Catford
- Driver
- (uncredited)
Jonathan Cheetham
- Friendline Counselor
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaBased on William Nicholson's own life experience, when his own parents marriage broke down after 33 years.
- GoofsThere is a jar of Marmite (a savoury spread popular in the UK) on a shelf in the kitchen. It alternates between two orientations: it is side-on when Bill Nighy is in close-up but when Annette Bening is also in view the back of the jar is turned to the camera.
- SoundtracksMozart: 1, Kyrie [Mass in C minor, K.427 'Grosse Messe']
Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Sylvia McNair, Diana Montague, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Cornelius Hauptmann, The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
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After 29 years of marriage they wonder where the Love has gone.
This is an English movie, set and filmed in the small city of Seaford, on the coast almost directly south of London. Just east of town are some white limestone cliffs and a spot there is called "Hope Gap", thus the title of the movie. It is a place the couple and their young son, now an adult, would often go, being a short walk up a hill from town.
Annette Bening, using the best British accent she can muster, is Grace and always reliable Bill Nighy is her husband of 29 years, Edward. He is quiet and non-confrontational, she is just the opposite and can easily be overbearing. Now an issue that has been building for some time, over a year, is coming to a head.
This is a good movie, perhaps my wife and I appreciate it more because we are of ages similar to theirs, and we have been married 28 1/2 years. You get into a routine, you know what each other likes and what each other's habits are. You don't really discuss "how is the relationship going?"
It isn't really amplified in the story but they mention that the two met 30 years earlier when he got onto the wrong train, often two single people will take that as an omen, "Fate brought us together." But that kind of thinking is dangerous and no substitute for getting to know someone really well before you decide that will be your partner for life. It looks like Grace and Edward would have each been happier if they had never met. Then pity the poor son who would never have existed!
We watched this at home on DVD from our public library.
Annette Bening, using the best British accent she can muster, is Grace and always reliable Bill Nighy is her husband of 29 years, Edward. He is quiet and non-confrontational, she is just the opposite and can easily be overbearing. Now an issue that has been building for some time, over a year, is coming to a head.
This is a good movie, perhaps my wife and I appreciate it more because we are of ages similar to theirs, and we have been married 28 1/2 years. You get into a routine, you know what each other likes and what each other's habits are. You don't really discuss "how is the relationship going?"
It isn't really amplified in the story but they mention that the two met 30 years earlier when he got onto the wrong train, often two single people will take that as an omen, "Fate brought us together." But that kind of thinking is dangerous and no substitute for getting to know someone really well before you decide that will be your partner for life. It looks like Grace and Edward would have each been happier if they had never met. Then pity the poor son who would never have existed!
We watched this at home on DVD from our public library.
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- TxMike
- Aug 15, 2020
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- Also known as
- Umut Vadisi
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $104,732
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $30,978
- Mar 8, 2020
- Gross worldwide
- $1,254,346
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39:1
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