Before You Go (2002)

Before You Go (2002) (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( DTS 5.1 )

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

Running Time:
92 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Alternative Footage
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2002 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Lewis Gilbert

Written By:
Shelagh Stephenson

Actors:
Julie Walters ..... Theresa
John Hannah ..... Mike
Joanne Whalley ..... Mary
Victoria Hamilton ..... Catherine
Patricia Hodge ..... Violet Heaney
Tom Wilkinson ..... Frank
Hugh Ross ..... Mr. Berry
Dermot Crowley ..... Father Cunningham
Theo Fraser Steele ..... Young Doctor
John Biggins ..... Dougie
Fiona McAlpine
Stephen Bent ..... Male Official
Eoin O'Callaghan ..... Hearse Driver
Raquel Cassidy ..... Felicia
Peter Beaumont ..... Xavier

Synopsis:

When Violet Heaney's three daughters return home for her funeral, each sister finds her own way of coping with her loss. For Teresa, the eldest, it's herbal tea, obsessive cleaning and hectoring her long-suffering husband, Frank. Catherine, the youngest, resorts to retail therapy, industrial quantities of marijuana and manic phone calls to her elusive boyfriend in Barcelona. Middle daughter Mary seeks consolation in professional detachment and the arms of her lover, Mike. Funeral preparations include a visit from the local priest who can't remember the name of the deceased and repeated visits from the deceased herself, as usual wearing an awful cocktail dress. Mary can't understand why her mother has chosen to haunt her alone. Theresa and Violet don't see Violet's ghost. It is gradually revealed that their mother's ghost has come to lay old resentments to rest before she goes on to her final resting place.

The imperfect lives of three sisters are revealed at their unloved mother's funeral: Also known as The Memory of Water, director Lewis Gilbert's low-key drama (based on a play by Shelagh Stephenson) centers on three sisters who return home following their mother's death, and the memories that bind them. Desperate to discover who remembers which events with the most clarity, sisters Theresa (Julie Walters), Mary (Joanne Whalley) and Catherine (Victoria Hamilton) soon discover that the real truth about their family lies much deeper than any one person can recall. As the sisters memories slowly surface, it soon becomes apparent that no one version of any tale provides a definitive answer to their questions regarding their past.

The imperfect lives of three sisters are revealed at their unloved mother's funeral.

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