True Things is a cautionary tale of a destructive sexual relationship that is both complex and ordinary; a relationship that is in fact so familiar to us that it’s almost a rite of passage. It is a love story of sorts that looks at the fragility of a woman’s sense of self; at how women use relationships to explore their identity.
Kate has lost a sense of who she really is and accepted a version of herself that is shaped both by society, and by those close to her. We see how on her journey towards autonomy she is compelled to let herself become consumed and derailed by a man, before eventually discovering self-authenticity. This film is highly subjective and intimate and is really, fundamentally, about a woman’s relationship with herself.
Bored by the daily tedium of her office job, Kate (Ruth Wilson) is sleepwalking through life when a chance sexual encounter with a charismatic stranger (Tom Burke) awakens her. High on infatuation and the exhilaration of this new relationship, she finds herself inexplicably drawn to this mysterious new man. Hoping he will provide the escape she so desperately desires, she embarks on an emotionally dangerous journey that slowly begins to consume her. Adapted from Deborah Kay Davies’s acclaimed novel ‘True Things About Me’, Harry Wootliff’s new film is an intense and absorbing psychological drama.
True Things is a 2021 British psychological drama film directed by Harry Wootliff, starring Ruth Wilson and Tom Burke. The screenplay co-written by Wootliff and Molly Davies, was based on the 2011 novel True Things about Me by Deborah Kay Davies.[2] The film received positive reviews from critics.
True Things (2022)
Directed by: Harry Wootliff
Starring: Ruth Wilson, Tom Burke, Ben Jackson, Jude Law, Hayley Squires, Tristan Goligher, Elizabeth Rider, Ann Firbank, Tom Weston-Jones, Joshua Sinclair-Evans, Jordan John
Screenplay by: Molly Davies, Harry Wootliff
Production Design by: Andy Drummond
Cinematography by: Ashley Connor
Film Editing by: Tim Fulford
Costume Design by: Matthew Price
Music by: Alex Baranowski
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Picturehouse Entertainment
Release Date: 4 September 2021 (Venice), April 1, 2022 (United Kingdom), September 2022 (United States)
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