ORDINARY LOVE (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Liam Neeson (Schindler’s List), Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread), David Wilmot (The Guard), Amit Shah (The Hundred-Foot Journey), Lalor Roddy (Hunger), Maggie Cronin (High-Rise), Melanie Clark Pullen (The League of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse), Geraldine McAlinden (Black ’47)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Lisa Barros D’Sa (Good Vibrations) and Glenn Leyburn (Cherrybomb), directors; Owen McCafferty (film debut), writer; David Holmes (The Good Man), producer, composer; Brian J. Falconer (The Dig) and Piers Tempest (The Wife), producers; Piers McGrail (Glassland), cinematographer; Nick Emerson (Lady Macbeth), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Tom (Neeson) and Joan (Manville) are a content middle-aged couple who are perfectly happy being in each other’s company. However, when Joan is suddenly diagnosed with breast cancer, their love is tested as she begins her treatment…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Liam Neeson and Lesley Manville make for a wondrous couple in this beautiful romantic drama that explores love in a complicated and life-threatening scenario.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 6TH DECEMBER 2019

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