We take a look at movies hitting our screens in this month’s box office.
Close
11 May
Thirteen-year-old boys Léo and Rémi have a close friendship at school and in the flower fields where they and their parents pick the harvest for home. When schoolmates shoot a wedge into the relationship, the consequences are fatal. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Lukas Dhont’s second film is an emotionally transformative and unforgettable portrait of the intersection of friendship and love, identity and independence, and heartbreak and healing.
Directed by Luks Dhont and starring Eden Dambrine and Gustav de Waele.
A Good Person
18 May
A Good Person follows 25-year-old Allison and 83-year-old Daniel who are both grieving. When an unexpected connection unites them, they discover a newfound will to live. They cross paths for the first time at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. It’s in their breaking points of despair that these two form a friendship eliciting compassion, and forgiveness needed to overcome their guilt and find freedom. Their bond comes at a critical moment for Ryan, who engages in risky behaviour as a way of coping with the loss of her parents. What results from this new type of family unit is a moving story about the unexpected ways people connect, heal, forgive, and forge new ways to keep living.
Directed by Zach Braff and starring Florence Pugh and Morgan Freeman.
Maybe I Do
25 May
Maybe I Do is a multi-generational romantic comedy with a star-studded ensemble cast. Michelle and Allen are ready to take the next steps toward marriage. Thinking it’s a good idea to invite their parents to finally meet, they set a dinner date and make it a family affair. To everyone’s surprise, the affair takes on a whole new meaning as the parents already know each other all too well – they’ve been cheating on their spouses for months…with each other. Trapped in this precarious predicament, they try to hide their dalliances from the kids while confronting their spouse’s lovers head on. Let the games begin!
Directed by Michael Jacobs and starring Diane Keaton, Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, and Emma Roberts.
Bank Of Dave
1 June
The true story of how Dave Fishwick, a working-class man and self-made millionaire, fought to set up a community bank so that he could help the local businesses of Burnley not only survive, but thrive. In his bid to help his beloved community, he takes on the elitist financial institutions of London and fights to receive the first, new banking license to be issued in over 100 years.
Directed by Chris Foggin and starring Joel Fry and Phoebe Dynevor.
