HOPE GAP

By William NICHOLSON

THE FESTIVAL AGENCY - as FEST

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
BFI London FF 2019
Santa Barbara IFF 2020
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Drama, Romance, Family
    • Countries
    • UNITED KINGDOM
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 100 mn
    • Director(s)
    • William NICHOLSON
    • Producer(s)
    • David THOMPSON, Sarada MCDERMOTT
    • Synopsis
    • Grace (Annette Bening) and Edward (Bill Nighy) have been married thirty-three years. When their son Jamie (Josh O’Connor) comes home to visit them in the fading seaside town where he grew up. Edward tells him that he plans to leave Grace, the next day. 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.