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 & 2 nominations total
Neilesh Ambu
- Funeral Guest
- (uncredited)
Dawn Batty
- Pub Customer
- (uncredited)
Anne Bryson
- Anne Bryson
- (uncredited)
Jennifer Catford
- Driver
- (uncredited)
Jonathan Cheetham
- Friendline Counselor
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- 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
Featured review
Two great actors in Annette Bening and Bill Nighy take us through the breakdown of a marriage. Not wonderful subject matter and some may argue that there may be better ways to wile away an hour and a half, but it is portrayed very well. I love Bill Nighy in everything, and even though I don't necessarily like his character here, he does it with aplomb.
Having been married for about the same time as the couple portrayed here it was interesting to see what both had done wrong, or could have done better to preserve their marriage. Some reviewers have blamed the wife but I think that's unfair. Perhaps my one reservation is that there was a subtle message running through it that if the husband, his lover and the son could move on and be happy, then so should the wife. That's a bit harsh as I'm sure many jilted wives would attest.
Feel sorry for the writer and director who evidently based this on his own parent's breakup. Interestingly, writing this now as the pandemic wreaks havoc around the world it is interesting to see that marriages are another victim of the virus. Too many couples having grown apart, and then forced to be together, have found the situation unbearable. How sad.
Having been married for about the same time as the couple portrayed here it was interesting to see what both had done wrong, or could have done better to preserve their marriage. Some reviewers have blamed the wife but I think that's unfair. Perhaps my one reservation is that there was a subtle message running through it that if the husband, his lover and the son could move on and be happy, then so should the wife. That's a bit harsh as I'm sure many jilted wives would attest.
Feel sorry for the writer and director who evidently based this on his own parent's breakup. Interestingly, writing this now as the pandemic wreaks havoc around the world it is interesting to see that marriages are another victim of the virus. Too many couples having grown apart, and then forced to be together, have found the situation unbearable. How sad.
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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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