This is a romantic drama film, set in Ireland, directed by Lisa Barros D'sa and her husband Glenn Leyburn, a British couple who had previously directed the films Good Vibrations and Cherrybomb.
The screenplay was written by Owen McCafferty, winner of the John Whiting Award, Charles Wintour and Meyer-Whitworth Award in the theatrical field in the UK.
The plot revolves around a mature couple who after years of marriage have created routines to get through the days and kept their love afloat, even after the death of their daughter.
They are happy and their daily life fills the spaces that separate them from boredom, they perform common tasks and are surprised when she detects a strange lump in her breast that warrants revisions in the hospital that end up determining that it is cancer.
This impacts on the psyche of both of them in different ways and everyday life gives way to uncertainty that leads them to reflect on death and the possibility, in his case, of being alone, something he had never imagined.
The treatment and its consequences are borne with stoicism and the love they have felt for years but prove disruptive to their daily lives.
Veteran Lesley Manville plays Joan Thompson, she has been nominated for two British Academy Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her roles in Another Year (2010) and Phantom Thread (2017), with her performance in the latter earning her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, while the no less well-known Liam Neeson plays Tom Thompson, this actor was nominated for an Oscar in 1994 as a major actor for his role as Oskar Schindler in the acclaimed film Schindler's List.
This film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2019, while in the United Kingdom on December 6, 2019, and in U.S. theaters on February 14, 2020, having a positive review from both specialists and spectators, leaving at the box office more than 774 million dollars.
