Second Coming
Jackie, Mark, and their eleven-year-old son JJ are a close family navigating their way through life in present day London. Family dynamics, banter, and humor are part of their everyday lives. Jackie discovers she is pregnant and is perplexed. Their marriage is strong but as busy working parents she and Mark haven’t been physical in their relationship for a while. Jackie’s confusion regarding the pregnancy grows to concern as she increasingly believes that the baby can’t be Mark’s. Jackie says nothing of her situation, trying to maintain everyday life.
Director's Biography
Debbie Tucker Green is an award-winning British playwright and director. DIRTY BUTTERFLY, her debut play, has been produced by the Soho Theatre in London and BORN BAD won the 2004 Laurence Olivier playwright award. Her plays have been staged at the National Theatre, the Hampstead Theatre, and performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company. SECOND COMING marks her feature debut and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. // Films (selection): HEAT (2009, short), SECOND COMING (2014)
European Panorama 2015
Debbie Tucker Green
Great Britain 2014
color
105 minutes
OV with English subtitles
Screenplay Debbie Tucker Green
Cinematography Ula Pontikos
Editing Mark Eckersley
Sound/Sounddesign Kieron Wolfson
Music Luke Sutherland
With Nadine Marshall, Idris Elba, Kai Francis-Lewis, Sharlene Whyte, Llewella Gideon, Larrington Walker, Seroca Davis, Kenia-Mae McIntosh, Ave-Maria Okonkwo
Producer(s) Polly Leys, Kate Norrish (Hillbilly Films)
Production
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