THAT GOOD NIGHT (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

John Hurt (The Elephant Man), Charles Dance (The Imitation Game), Sofia Helin (Nina Frisk), Max Brown (Turistas), Erin Richards (The Quiet Ones), Noah Jupe (Wonder)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Eric Styles (Miss Conception), director; Charles Savage (film debut), writer, producer; Alan Latham (Land of the Blind), producer; Guy Farley (Post Impact), composer; Richard Stoddard (The Passing), cinematographer; Mali Evans (Patagonia) and Chris Timson (Schism), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Ralph (Hurt) used to be a prominent and famous film director, but now that he is in his seventies and is slowly dying from a terminal illness, he desires to reconcile with his estranged son Michael (Brown) and to ensure that he is not a burden to his younger wife Anna (Helin)…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The late, great John Hurt gets to shine one last time in a final lead performance which seeks to remind us all of the one-of-a-kind acting talent that is now gone from our world.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 11TH MAY 2018

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