Better Things (2008)

Better Things (2008) (DVD) (*)

$30.99

Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Stockholm Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
93 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Short Film
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2008 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Duane Hopkins

Written By:
Duane Hopkins

Actors:
Rachel McIntyre ..... Gail Wilson
Emma Cooper ..... Tess Baker
Liam McIlfatrick ..... Rob
Che Corr ..... David
Freddie Cunliffe ..... Jon
Jane Foxhall ..... Tess's Mum
Tara Ballard ..... Sarah
Betty Bench ..... Mrs. Gladwin
Frank Bench ..... Mr. Gladwin
Patricia Loveland ..... Nan Wilson
Byndley Hutt ..... Mr. Wilson
Lillian Hutt ..... Mrs. Wilson
Kurt Taylor ..... Larry
Megan Palmer ..... Rachel
Katie Samuels ..... Julie

Synopsis:

A handful of characters in a small British town deal with love, disappointment and temptation in this independent drama. Nan Wilson (Patricia Loveland) has come home after a long stay in the hospital, and finds herself sharing her house with her sister Gail (Rachel McIntyre). Gail doesn't comfortably connect with the outside world, and would prefer to stay in her room reading romance novels rather than reach out to others, but Nan struggles to find a common ground between them. Mr. and Mrs. Gladwin (Frank Bench and Betty Bench) have been married for six decades, but they've slowly began to drift apart, with time and misunderstanding creating a wall that separates them from one another. And after the woman he loved dies unexpectedly, Rob (Liam McIlfatrick) turns to narcotics to dull the pain, and has visions of living happily with her again. The first feature film from writer and director Duane Hopkins, Better Things was screened as part of the Critics' Week series at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.

Feeling desperate, lonely and hopeless, a group of youths in rural Britain turns to drugs to dull the pain of their empty lives.

A group of young people grow up together in a small, rural community in the Cotswolds.

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