Another Year (2010)

A look at four seasons in the lives of a happily married couple and their relationships with their family and friends.

Director:

Mike Leigh

Writer:

Mike Leigh

Stars:

Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen, Lesley Manville

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 10 wins & 30 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jim Broadbent	...	Tom
Ruth Sheen	...	Gerri
Lesley Manville	...	Mary
Oliver Maltman	...	Joe
Peter Wight	...	Ken
David Bradley	...	Ronnie
Martin Savage	...	Carl
Karina Fernandez	...	Katie
Michele Austin	...	Tanya
Philip Davis	...	Jack (as Phil Davis)
Imelda Staunton	...	Janet
Stuart McQuarrie	...	Tom's Colleague
Eileen Davies	...	Mourner
Mary Jo Randle	...	Mourner
Ben Roberts	...	Mourner

Storyline

A married couple who have managed to remain blissfully happy into their autumn years, are surrounded over the course of the four seasons of one average year by friends, colleagues, and family who all seem to suffer some degree of unhappiness.

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Plot Keywords:

friend | four seasons | autumn | unhappiness | tears | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [de]

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 November 2010 (UK)

Also Known As:

Another year

Filming Locations:

Battersea Power Station, Battersea, London, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

£10,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$111,869 (USA) (31 December 2010)

Gross:

$3,205,244 (USA) (20 May 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Thin Man Films, Film4, Focus Features International (FFI)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

129 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film is dedicated to Mike Leigh's late friend and long-term producing partner Simon Channing Williams.

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Goofs

One of Mary's outlays on her troublesome car was for a new carburettor, but the vehicle in the film had fuel injection.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Tanya: So how long's this been going on for?
Janet: I don't know.
Tanya: A few weeks?
Janet: A long time.
Tanya: A year?
Janet: I Suppose so.
Tanya: A whole year? You've taken your time to come and see me, haven't you?

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Connections

Featured in Mike Leigh & Lesley Manville on Another Year (2010)

User Reviews

Four Seasons and a Funeral

A strange and sad little film beautifully acted by its ensemble cast. Lesley Manville's agonised performance as Mary, aching with envy at the solidity and comfort of her best friend's solid marriage, must be a shoo-in for awards next year, but Ruth Sheen is also 100% believable as the endlessly patient, almost 'saintly' Gerri. Jim Broadbent's Tom teeters on the verge of hamminess, allowing Peter Wight to steal the male acting honours as Ken, another lonely and alcoholic divorcée.

After a sad Spring and a prickly Summer, Autumn brings romance to Tom and Gerri's bachelor son and Winter brings a funeral (not the one we've been dreading). Anchored by the couple's devotion to their allotment, Mike Leigh gives us a film about the seasons in our lives as well as in our vegetable patches. In life, as in the garden, some things flourish and blossom while others wither and decay.

Often humorous but mostly achingly sad, this is a very fine film about the Ordinary Lives of Ordinary People. Not to be missed.