Two for Joy
Tom Beard
15
86 mins
2018
UK
English
Samantha Morton, Billie Piper, Emilia Jones, Daniel Mays, Bella Ramsey, Badger Skelton
Director of Photography: Tim Sidell
Editor: Izzy Curry
Produced by: Emma Comley, Sadie Frost
Music: Rodaidh McDonald
Screenplay by: Tom Beard
Production Designer: Laura Ellis Cricks
Sound Production: Richard Kondal
A powerful coming-of-age drama about a sister and younger brother who must care for their troubled mother (a moving performance by Samantha Morton) as their relationship reaches critical mass. The debut feature of writer-director Tom Beard (director of music videos for FKA twigs and Florence and the Machine), Two for Joy looks at Britain through the eyes of a family in crisis and deals with issues of mental illness, marginalised communities and national identity. Also stars Billie Piper, Daniel Mays and Bella Ramsey (Game of Thrones).