Thin Man/Ciby 2000/October Films. Produced by Simon Channing Williams, written & directed by Mike Leigh, photography by Dick Pope, edited by Jon Gregory, designed by Alison Chitty, costumes by Maria Price, music by Andrew Dickson, sound recordist George Richards, hair & make-up by Christine Blundell. With Brenda Blethyn (Cynthia), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hortense), Timothy Spall (Maurice), Phyllis Logan (Monica), Claire Rushbrook (Roxanne), Elizabeth Berrington (Jane), Michele Austin (Dionne), Lee Ross (Paul), Lesley Manville (Social Worker), Ron Cook (Stuart), Emma Amos (Woman With Scar), Brian Bovell and Trevor Laird (Hortense’s Brothers), Claire Perkins (Hortense’s Sister-In-Law), Elias PerkinsMcCook (Hortense’s Nephew), June Mitchell (Senior Optometrist), Hannah Davis (First Bride), Terence Harvey (First Bride’s Father), Kate O’Malley (Second Bride), Joe Tucker (Groom), Richard Syms (Vicar), Grant Masters (Best Man), Peter Wight (Father in Family Group), Gary Macdonald (Boxer), Alison Steadman (Dog Owner), Liz Smith (Cat Owner), Sheila Kelley (Fertile Mother), Angela Curran (Little Boy’s Mother), Linda Beckett (Pin-up Housewife), Wendy Nottingham (Glum Wife), Anthony O’Donnell (Uneasy Man), Ruth Sheen (Laughing Woman), Annie Hayes (Mother in Family Group), Jean Ainslie (Grandmother), Daniel Smith (Teenage Son), Lucy Sheen (Nurse), Frances Ruffelle (Young Mother), Felix Manley (Baby), Nitin Chandra Ganatra (Potential Husband), Metin Marlow (Conjuror), Amanda Crossley, Su Elliott and Di Sherlock (Raunchy Women), Alex Squires, Lauren Squires and Sade Squires (Triplets), Dominic Curran (Little Boy), Stephen Churchett, Phil Davis, David Neilson, Peter Stockbridge and Peter Waddington (Men in Suits), Rachel Lewis (Graduate), Paul Trussell (Grinning Husband), Denise Orita (Uneasy Woman), Margery Withers (Elderly Lady), Theresa Watson (Daughter), Gordon Winter (Grinning Man), Mia Soteriou (Fiancée), Jonathan Coyne (Fiancé), Bonzo (Dog), Texas (Cat).136 mins

Secrets, lies, families, death, love, trust, adoption, race, yearning, belonging.

Academy Awards 1997

Nominated: Best Picture – Simon Channing Williams

Nominated: Best Director – Mike Leigh

Nominated: Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen - Mike Leigh

Nominated: Best Actress in a Leading Role – Brenda Blethyn

Nominated: Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Australian Film Institute 1997

Won: Best Foreign Film Award – Simon Channing Williams

Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards 1998

Won: Silver Condor – Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)

BAFTA Awards 1997

Won: Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film – Simon Channing Williams / Mike Leigh

Won: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role – Brenda Blethyn

Won: Best Original Screenplay – Mike Leigh

Nominated: Best Film – Simon Channing Williams / Mike Leigh

Nominated: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role – Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Nominated: David Lean Award for Direction – Mike Leigh

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1996

Won: Best Director – Mike Leigh

Won: Best Actress – Brenda Blethyn

Camerimage 1996

Won: Golden Frog – Dick Pope

Cannes Film Festival 1996

Won: Palme D’Or – Mike Leigh

Won: Prize of the Ecumenical Jury – Mike Leigh

Won: Best Actress – Brenda Blethyn

Chlotrudis Awards 1997

Nominated: Best Director – Mike Leigh

Nominated: Best Actress – Brenda Blethyn

Nominated: Best Movie

Nominated: Best Supporting Actress – Marianne Jean-Baptiste

César Awards 1997

Nominated: Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) – Mike Leigh

Directors Guild of America, USA 1997

Nominated: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures – Mike Leigh

Empire Awards 1997

Won: Empire Award Best British Actress – Brenda Blethyn

European Film Awards 1997

Nominated: Best Film – Simon Channing Williams

Fotogramas de Plata 1997

Won: Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) – Mike Leigh (Tied with Breaking the Waves)

French Syndicate of Cinema Critics 1997

Won: Best Foreign Film – Mike Leigh

Golden Globes 1997

Won: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture/Drama – Brenda Blethyn

Nominated: Best Motion Picture – Drama

Nominated: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role – Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Goya Awards 1997

Won: Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea) – Mike Leigh

Guild of German Art House Cinemas 1997

Won: Guild Film Award – Silver Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film) – Mike Leigh

Humanitas Prize 1997

Won: Feature Film Category – Mike Leigh

Independent Spirit Awards 1997

Won: Best Foreign Film – Mike Leigh

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists 1997

Won: Silver Ribbon Best Director – Foreign Film (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero) – Mike Leigh

Won: Silver Ribbon Best Dubbing, Female (Migliore Doppiaggio Femminile) – Aurora Cancian for the voice of Brenda Blethyn

Kinema Junpo Awards 1998

Won: Best Foreign Language Film – Mike Leigh

Won: Readers’ Choice Award Best Foreign Language Film – Mike Leigh

London Critics Circle Film Awards 1997

Won: British Director of the Year – Mike Leigh

Won: British Actress of the Year – Brenda Blethyn

Won: British Film of the Year

Nominated: British Actor of the Year – Timothy Spall

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 1996

Won: Best Director – Mike Leigh

Won: Best Actress – Brenda Blethyn

Won: Best Picture

Sant Jordi Awards 1997

Won: Best Foreign Actress (Mejor Actriz Extranjera) – Brenda Blethyn

Satellite Awards 1997

Nominated: Best Director of a Motion Picture – Mike Leigh

Nominated: Golden Satellite Award Best Motion Picture – Simon Channing Williams

Nominated: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture/Drama – Brenda Blethyn

Screen Actors Guild Awards 1997

Nominated: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role – Brenda Blethyn

Writers Guild of America, USA 1997

Nominated: Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen – Mike Leigh