Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (16) [F-Rated]

98 mins - United Kingdom 2022 - Dir: Sophie Hyde
Starring: Emma Thompson, Daryl McCormack and Isabella Laughland
 
Nancy Stokes, a retired school teacher and widow, is yearning for some adventure, some human connection, and some sex. Good sex.
 
Whilst her husband Robert provided a home, a family, something resembling a life, good sex was never on offer. But he’s gone now, and Nancy has a plan: she will find adventure with a sex worker named Leo Grande. In an anonymous hotel room Nancy greets Leo. He looks every bit as good as his picture, but what Nancy wasn’t expecting was conversation as well as fornication. Leo has a view on everything, and though he may not always tell the truth, Nancy finds she likes him. And he likes her.
 
With growing sexual confidence, Nancy starts to relax. Over the course of their rendezvous, the power dynamics shift and their well-worn masks begin to slip.
 
+Short Film: BREAK US (9 minutes, directed by Rioghnach Ní Ghrioghair). Mark and Sophie plan to rob a post office but as things go awry, they each discover what they are really made of. This short film will support GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE.
 
“The observations are insightful and sharply important, as are the bravely transparent performances from the two lead actors” Shadows On The Wall