His & Hers + The Space You Leave
An ordered collage of brief, unidentified vignettes that draw a straight line through the life of the average Irish woman, His & Hers reveals its progressive structure as it goes. The novelty of this approach—director Ken Wardrop interviewed 70 women in the Irish midlands, from young daughters to old widows, about the men in their lives—is immediately apparent, as is its simple, anecdotal appeal: A series of adorable girls prattle on about the disciplinary whims of their dads; then come teenaged girls blushing madly about their beaus. Soon, the women are in their twenties, which means they talk of wedding dresses and setting up house.
– Michelle Orange, The Village Voice
The Space You Leave
Every year more than 200 000 people disappear in the UK. James Newton’s The Space You Leave is a touching short documentary about the ones who miss their loved ones.
Duration: 90 min
Dialogue: English
Age limit: K11
