TENDER LOVING CARE
Director/screenwriter: Mike Leigh
Logline: After a bitter breakup, Amy (Kate O’Flynn) moves in with her best friend Rosie (Alice Bailey Johnson). Both work in London, in social care, at opposite ends of the age spectrum, where Amy specializes in young people. Rosie becomes like a second daughter to Amy’s parents, notably her elderly father, who is starting to show his age.
Distributor: Bleecker Street
Panelists: Mike Leigh (director), Marion Bailey, Paul Jesson, Kate O’Flynn, Alice Bailey Johnson
First screening: Saturday, September 12, TIFF Lightbox
Key quotes: “Tender Loving Care is a film about care and loving. And it’s really about people who care for other people professionally, and people who care for the nearest and dearest. It’s about the pending end of life. Growing old. It’s about hanging onto youth. And overall, it’s a film, I think one could say, about love, really. Love in the sense of lovingness.” – Mike Leigh
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