Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play This hilarious bittersweet comedy from director Mike Leigh (Mr Turner) is an unmissable & moving slice of real life Hortense (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) is a young black optometrist whose adoptive parents have recently died Cynthia (Brenda Blethyn) is a sad unmarried mother who works in a factory & lives in a shabby terraced house with her confrontational daughter Roxanne (Claire Rushbrook) Cynthia&s brother Maurice (Timothy Spall) is a successful photographer who lives comfortably in suburbia with his wife Monica (Phyllis Logan) In a misplaced effort to re-unite the family Maurice & Monica throw a small barbecue party for Roxanne&s 21st birthday When Cynthia brings along her new friend Hortense chaos ensues & some painful truths are revealed