HOPE GAP

By William NICHOLSON

SAMPSONIC MEDIA - as FIN

Drama - Completed 2019

A couple's visit with their son takes a dramatic turn when the father tells him he plans on leaving his mother.

Festivals
& Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2019
Special Presentations
BFI London FF 2019
Headline Gala
Santa Barbara IFF 2020
Panavision Spirit Award
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • UNITED KINGDOM
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Budget
    • 5 - 10 M$
    • Duration
    • 100 mn
    • Director(s)
    • William NICHOLSON
    • Writer(s)
    • William NICHOLSON
    • Producer(s)
    • David THOMPSON (Origin Pictures), Sarada MCDERMOTT
    • Synopsis
    • Grace (Annette Bening) and Edward (Bill Nighy) have been married twenty-nine years. When their son Jamie comes to visit for the weekend at their seaside home, Edward informs him that he plans to leave Grace. The next day. Just another break-up.

      HOPE GAP tracks the unravelling of three lives, through stages of shock, disbelief and anger, to a resolution, of sorts. It’s tender, it’s funny and above all, true. There are no easy answers, no simple paths to redemption, but in the end, it is a story of survival. A story of hope.