Set in a Yorkshire milltown in 1957, Ellen Hardy is unhappily married but is close to her ten-year-old son, Victor. The family has recently moved house and Victor has started at a new school where Ellen has become friendly with his teacher, Kathy Thompson, who is keen to encourage him at art. As the friendship between the two women grows, Ellen's millworker husband, Hardy, feels increasingly alienated at home.

• DirectorSteven Woodcock
• Release31 August 2004
• Genre
  Drama / Romance
• Duration1h 32m
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  5.5
  17 reviews
• Productions

  North Country Pictures Ltd.