The one person who is not terrified of her is her sister Chantelle (the excellent Michele Austin), a hairdresser, who takes the awful things Pansy says with a huge pinch of salt. Chantelle lives ...

The truth hurts. Any warmth in her life comes from her relationship with sister Chantelle (a wonderful Michele Austin), who attempts to envelop Pansy into her own loving family milieu. But this is ...

Pansy’s son and husband seem too traumatised to offer any help but her big-hearted sister Chantelle (Michele Austin, excellent in her fourth Leigh film) tries to provide emotional support.

Her husband and son try to keep the peace, but it’s like walking on eggshells, yet her sister Chantal (Michele Austin), who is her complete opposite, is more tolerant and desperately tries to help.

Look closer. See that there is something going on with them.” Baptiste as Pansy with sister Chantelle (Michele. Austin) in Hard Truths Hard Truths can also be read as a film in which post-lockdown ...

Michele Austin, director Mike Leigh and Marianne Jean-Baptiste at the BFI London Film Festival gala screening of Hard Truths (Ian West/PA) Her new film Hard Truths sees her reunite with director ...