True Things
2021 film directed by Harry Wootliff
True Things is a 2021 British psychological drama film written and directed by Harry Wootliff, starring Ruth Wilson and Tom Burke. The film is an adaptation of the 2010 novel True Things About Me by Deborah Kay Davies.
The film had its world premiere at the 78th Venice International Film Festival on 4 September 2021, and was released theatrically in the United Kingdom on 1 April 2022 by Picturehouse Entertainment. It received positive reviews from critics.
Synopsis
Kate works in a benefits office in the English coastal town of Ramsgate. She is sleepwalking through life when a chance sexual encounter with a charismatic stranger awakens her. High on infatuation, she finds herself inexplicably drawn to this mysterious man. Hoping he will provide the escape she so desperately desires, she embarks on an emotionally dangerous journey that slowly begins to consume her.
Cast
Ruth Wilson as Kate
Tom Burke as Blond
Hayley Squires as Alison
Elizabeth Rider as Mum
Frank McCusker as Dad
Ann Firbank as Nan
Tom Weston-Jones as Rob
Production
Ruth Wilson and Jude Law produced the film, alongside The Bureau, BBC Films and the BFI.
Filming began in early 2020 but was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Production resumed in September 2020 in Ramsgate, England, and Málaga, Spain, and wrapped the following month.
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