Mike Leigh's New Film

Mike Leigh Delivers a Sensitive and Elusive Study of Love and Mortality

Mike Leigh's new film, Tender Loving Care, is a sensitive and elusive study of love and mortality. The film, perhaps his last, is an intergenerational drama of acceptance that life continues, but also comes to terms with the mortality of your elderly parents. The protagonist is played by Alice Bailey Johnson and Kate O'Flynn, a social worker who cares for vulnerable young people. The contrast between the two heroines' private and professional lives is noted. The setting is set in Ealing, west London where people work all day and get drunk at night while worrying about family and family. The performances by Leigh stalwarts Marion Bailey and Paul Jesson are noted.

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