Before You Go

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Lewis Gilbert

Writers

Shelagh Stephenson

Language

English

Country

United Kingdom

Release date

20 June 2002

Ensemble

Cast

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  Julie Walters

  Teresa

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  John Hannah

  Mike

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  Joanne Whalley

  Mary

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  Victoria Hamilton

  Catherine

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  Patricia Hodge

  Vi

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  Tom Wilkinson

  Frank

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  Hugh Ross

  Mr Berry

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  Dermot Crowley

  Father Cunningham

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  Raquel Cassidy

  Felicia

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  Alan Stocks

  Bob