Tender Loving Care
Following Hard Truths (MVFF47), legendary auteur Mike Leigh returns with another tragicomic look at modern life filled with compelling characters and sharp social commentary. Following a nasty breakup, Amy (Widow’s Bay breakout Kate O’Flynn) packs up her life and moves back in with Rosie (Alice Bailey Johnson), her lifelong best friend and colleague in social work. Through visits with their diverse array of clients and Amy’s aging parents (Marion Bailey and Paul Jesson), the two women grapple with precarious work-life balance, burnout, and many shades of heartbreak…but nothing a nice glass of wine can’t fix. Tender Loving Care is a powerful meditation on the nature of compassion: who we decide is deserving of care, if and how we can help those who refuse it, and the dear costs paid by those we expect to spend it freely. —Sofia Felino
Director/s
Mike Leigh
Writer-director Mike Leigh’s feature films include Bleak Moments (1971), Naked (1993), Secrets & Lies (1996), Vera Drake (2004), Happy-Go-Lucky (2008), Another Year (2010), and Hard Truths (2024). Awards include the Palme d’Or at Cannes, the Venice Golden Lion, several BAFTAs, and seven Oscar nominations. Leigh has written and directed over 20 stage plays.