Before You Go
5.6
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.
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Cast
22 people
Julie Walters
Teresa
Known for
Brave
Billy Elliot
John Hannah
Mike
Known for
Spartacus
The Mummy
Lewis Gilbert
Also in
Moonraker: 007 in Rio
Dick Turpin
Shelagh Stephenson
Clive Brill
Joanne Whalley
Mary
Known for
Carnival Row
Marvel's Daredevil
Steve Christian
Victoria Hamilton
Catherine
Known for
The Crown
Pride and Prejudice
Nigel Green
Patricia Hodge
Vi
Known for
A Very English Scandal
Miranda
Bob Kellett
Tom Wilkinson
Frank
Known for
Batman Begins
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Lewis Gilbert Director · Shelagh Stephenson Writer Nic Morris Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $87K · First release June 20, 2002 · Produced in United Kingdom
Box office
Worldwide gross
$87,445
Production
Archangel Productions (GB)
Production
Big Fish Films
Production
Capitol Films
Production
Isle of Man Film Commission
Production
Isle of Man Film
Production
Entertainment Film Distributors
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
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Original language
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · June 20, 2002
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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