Fresh from the Oscars, Manchester by the Sea screens again today in Valletta as part of Spazju Kreattiv’s programme.

With two wins out of six nominations at the Academy Awards last weekend (best actor for Casey Affleck and best original Screenplay for Kenneth Lonergan), Manchester by the Sea tells the tale of a man forced to return to his roots.

Brooding and antisocial, Lee Chandler (Affleck) is living a solitary life as a handyman in a Massachusetts apartment block, when his self-inflicted exile is interrupted by a phone call announcing his brother Joe’s sudden passing.

Obliged to act as guardian to Joe’s teenage son, Lee must return to his hometown of Manchester-by-the-Sea to face all the unresolved trauma of his buried past, including the burden of his reputation back home, a painful divorce and the site of the tragic incident which threw his life off course.

The film is written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan and also stars Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, Gretchen Mol and Lucas Hedges. Affleck also won the Golden Globe Award for best actor with the film having been nominated in four more categories.

 

■ Manchester by the Sea screens today at St James Cavalier in Valletta at 8.30pm. For more information, visit kreattivita.org.

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