Lesley Manville

Ruth Sheen

Jim Broadbent

Oliver Maltman

David Bradley

Peter Wight

Karina Fernandez

Michele Austin

Phil Davis

Martin Savage

Imelda Staunton

Stuart McQuarrie

Eileen Davies

Mary Jo Randle

Ben Roberts

Ralph Ineson

Edna Doré

Badi Uzzaman

Meneka Das

Gary Powell

Lisa McDonald

David Hobbs

Gary Yershon

Jacqueline Durran

Mike Leigh

Jon Gregory

Georgina Lowe

Dick Pope

Nina Gold

Gail Egan

Sophia Chowdhury

Tessa Ross

Simon Beresford

Andrew Rothschild

Simon Mein

Andrew Glen

Nigel Stone

Andy Thompson

Mark Paterson

Heather Storr

Polly Duval

Lesa Warrener

Steve Wentworth

Loveday Harding

Eugene Grobler

Martin Oswin

Robert Sterne

Christine Blundell

Josh Robertson

Chloe Meddings

Sarah McBryde

Toby Hosking

Tim Fraser

John Evans

Les Fiddess

Melanie Heseltine

Gordon Segrove

Danielle Brandon

Holly Waddington

Simon Channing Williams

Jason Canovas

Andy Long

Will Tyler

Wailoon Chung

Steve Wheeler

Simon Hewitt

William Towers

Henry Woolley

Nicholas Kay

Chris Allies

Drama

Comedy

Another Year

UK Film Council

Film4 Productions

Thin Man Films

Focus Features

United Kingdom

United States of America

Filipe Manuel Neto

**It's not an easy film, it won't please everyone, but it presents a good story and excellent actors in another very well executed dramatic exercise.**

This movie is about an elderly couple, who live a peaceful and happy life. They don't have anything that makes them special, they could be our parents or grandparents. They simply have a stable and quiet life, without any fuss and solidly founded on a past of companionship built on a happy marriage. Perhaps for this reason, they end up being a kind of “shelter” for friends and family in a more distressing situation.

After seeing the film, I got the feeling that addiction is a theme very present in the narrative: if we look closely, the characters who approach this peaceful couple are, quite evidently, consumed by their own addictions, building over them several fears and paranoia. Alcohol abuse, sedentary lifestyle, vanity, are bad habits that they carry and that dominate them, despite the efforts of the friendly couple to support them, and the way the anguished characters manage to capture our sympathy. The script works well with all of this, and although the film takes a while to get there, it really grabs our attention and manages to hold us intelligently, with high doses of realism giving it all a bonus of welcome credibility.

Jim Broadbent and Ruth Sheen deserve praise for the way they gave themselves to their characters and gave them body, shape, voice and personality. The two actors are veterans and have already given solid proof of their quality, but the way they presented themselves here is impeccable and really pleasant. I also liked the performance of Oliver Maltman and Lesley Manville, who give life to two other characters of great importance in the story.

As with a series of other dramas that focus on the relationship between characters, the film is strongly committed to the creation of a solid script, good dialogues and a strong, quality cast. Technical issues were left in the background, but they are guided by discretion and functionality that borders on pragmatism. The movie is a little slow, but I have an idea that this was intentional.

English

Official Film Trailer

Another Year - Official Trailer (HD)