Everyday (2012)

This film charts the relationship between a man imprisoned for drug smuggling and his wife and is being shot over the course of five years, a few weeks at a time.

Director:

Michael Winterbottom

Writers:

Laurence Coriat, Michael Winterbottom

Stars:

Shirley Henderson, John Simm, Shaun Kirk

2 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Shirley Henderson	...	Karen
John Simm	...	Ian
Shaun Kirk	...	Shaun
Robert Kirk	...	Robert
Katrina Kirk	...	Katrina
Stephanie Kirk	...	Stephanie
Darren Tighe	...	Eddie
Polly Kossowicz	...	School Teacher
Valerie Lilley	...	Grandmother
Peter Gunn	...	Shop Manager
Dylan Brown
Harry Myers

Storyline

Over a period of five years Karen takes her four young children on the long and laborious journey to visit her husband Ian,imprisoned for an unspecified crime. Away from the jail life goes on as the kids get into a fight over a taunt about their father by another school-kid and Karen,feeling lonely,sleeps with Eddie from the pub where she works. Towards the end of his sentence Ian is given a day out to spend with the family and disaster almost strikes after an allegation of drug smuggling,but somehow the family will pull through.

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Plot Keywords:

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 January 2013 (UK)

Also Known As:

Here and There

Filming Locations:

Norfolk, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Revolution Films, Channel 4 Television Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film charts the relationship between a man imprisoned for drug smuggling and his wife and is being shot over the course of five years, a few weeks at a time. Like The Road to Guantanamo, Channel 4 will broadcast it on television in the UK and release it in theaters throughout the rest of the world.

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Connections

Features Countdown (1982)

User Reviews

A moving account of a "real" family

I saw this movie at the Channel 4 building last night, I went with high hopes as I'm a fan of Michael Winterbottom's other work, but I wasn't really sure what to expect as all of his movies are quite different.

This movie focuses on a young family who are dealing with the fact that their father is doing a five year stretch in jail. We see these children grow up over the whole movie as it was shot over 5 years which just adds to the realism. The acting is outstanding, very natural, in fact it's hard to believe they aren't a real family. It shows the struggles that the children face not having their father in their lives and how they adapt to that. We see the father in jail who doesn't really take on board how difficult it is for this family to travel to see him, he has his visits and wants every single minute with his family, but as the viewer we have a better understanding of what it really takes to see him. The mother just gets on with, she's incredibly strong but my heart went out to her when I thought of myself being in that same position.

I was hooked until the last minute, laughing then crying, then laughing again. This is no glamorisation of prison, it's just the real mundane, human stuff and I found that extremely refreshing.