Manchester By The Sea Writer Speaks

Seaside Drama

Ahead of the release of the critically acclaimed Manchester By The Sea next month, here is an interview with its writer Kenneth Lonergan courtesy of our friends over at The Hollywood Reporter …

Directed by Kenneth Lonergan (You Can Count On Me, Margaret), Manchester By The Sea will be released in cinemas on 13 January and has also received three Critics’ Choice Awards (Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor for Casey Affleck and Best Young Actor for Lucas Hedges).
In the critically acclaimed feature film from writer-director Kenneth Lonergan (You Can Count On Me, Margaret), Casey Affleck stars as Lee, a man whose sparse existence is suddenly ruptured when the death of his brother Joe (Kyle Chandler) forces him to return to the hometown he abandoned years before. Rocked by contact with his estranged ex-wife (Michelle Williams) and the revelation that Joe has made him guardian of his teenage son (Lucas Hedges), Lee is forced to face up to painful memories and new-found levels of responsibility as he reconnects with his family. Manchester By The Sea will be released in cinemas on 13 January 2017.