Ahead of its arrival in UK cinemas next month, Thunderbird Releasing has unveiled a new poster and trailer for the upcoming drama Never Steady, Never Still. The film marks the feature debut for writer-director Kathleen Hepburn and stars Shirley Henderson, Théodore Pellerin, Nicholas Campbell, Mary Galloway, Lorne Cardinal, Jared Abrahamson, and Jonathan Whitesell; take a look below…
NEVER STEADY, NEVER STILL is a tender and heartbreaking story of a physically disabled mother and discontent son – each alienated from their world and struggling to manage in the face of grief, guilt and chronic disease. The film is set in the rugged and unforgiving rural north of British Columbia, Canada and the story spans an entire year in the lives of the characters. Having lived with Parkinson’s disease for almost two decades, JUDY (Shirley Henderson) is faced with the heightened challenges of daily life when her husband and caregiver dies of a sudden heart attack on their isolated property on the shores of Stuart Lake. Meanwhile, her teenage son JAMIE (Théodore Pellerin), pushed by his father to get a job on the oil fields, is terrified by the idea of filling his shoes at too young an age, and grappling with the daunting task of becoming a man in world that has no apparent room for weakness.
Never Steady, Never Still is set for release on April 20th in the UK.
Originally published March 24, 2018. Updated March 23, 2018.
