As Hope Gap closes, it offers us a glimmer of light, hope, and rebirth amid separation, anger, and loneliness. Hope Gap is now playing in selected Cinemas nationwide and on demand via Curzon Home Cinema.
Writer/director William Nicholson’s Hope Gap focuses on the trauma of separation following 29 years of marriage and the devastating loss of security and companionship that sits alongside an uneasy rebirth. As the clock ticks down to their 29th wedding anniversary, Edward (Bill Nighy) and Grace (Annette Bening) sit comfortably in their coastal home, their lives wrapped in mundane conversations and memories of bringing up their son Jamie (Josh O’Connor).
However, Jamie now lives in London, and his trips back home are infrequent as he builds his own life. His departure left an uncomfortable silence despite Grace’s attempts at forthright discussions with the aloof Edward, who had buried his feelings years earlier, when Jamie left. But as Jamie heads home for the weekend, the uncomfortable, tense atmosphere that has built over time is about to erupt when Edward announces his plans to leave Grace for a new partner. As the couple’s marriage slowly unravels, words never spoken, behaviours never challenged, and feelings never aired, suddenly and sharply find a voice in a heartbreaking tale of a couple who should have parted long ago.
However, as Hope Gap closes, it offers us a glimmer of light, hope and rebirth among the separation, anger and loneliness: a poetic light highlighting that although everything has changed for everyone involved, a new uncharted world lies ahead.
Director: William Nicholson
Cast: Annette Bening, Bill Nighy, Josh O’Connor
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