Before You Go

Before You Go

91 mins | Comedy | June 20, 2002

The funny, heart-warming and moving new film, from director Lewis Gilbert. When Violet Heaney's three daughters return home for her funeral, each sister finds her own way of coping with her loss. For Teresa, the eldest, it's herbal tea, obsessive cleaning and hectoring her long-suffering husband, Frank. Catherine, the youngest, resorts to retail therapy, industrial quantities of marijuana and manic phone calls to her elusive boyfriend in Barcelona. Middle daughter Mary seeks consolation in professional detachment and the arms of her lover, Mike. Like Mary, Mike's a doctor. Unlike Mary, he's married... The sisters soon discover that their early memories have grown fuzzy over time and the past becomes fuzzier still as they attempt to cope with their mother's parting.

Before You Go

91 mins | Comedy | June 20, 2002

Before You Go
The funny, heart-warming and moving new film, from director Lewis Gilbert. When Violet Heaney's three daughters return home for her funeral, each sister finds her own way of coping with her loss. For Teresa, the eldest, it's herbal tea, obsessive cleaning and hectoring her long-suffering husband, Frank. Catherine, the youngest, resorts to retail therapy, industrial quantities of marijuana and manic phone calls to her elusive boyfriend in Barcelona. Middle daughter Mary seeks consolation in professional detachment and the arms of her lover, Mike. Like Mary, Mike's a doctor. Unlike Mary, he's married... The sisters soon discover that their early memories have grown fuzzy over time and the past becomes fuzzier still as they attempt to cope with their mother's parting.
IMDb rating 5.5
Producers
Original title Before You Go
Directors Matthew Hanson, Kieron Phipps, Ann Edwards, Lewis Gilbert
Writers

Cast

Julie Walters

as Teresa

John Hannah

as Mike

Joanne Whalley

as Mary

Victoria Hamilton

as Catherine

Tom Wilkinson

as Frank

Hugh Ross

as Mr Berry

Dermot Crowley

as Father Cunningham

Raquel Cassidy

as Felicia

Alan Stocks

as Bob