Before You Go 21 years old

The funny, heart-warming and moving new film, from director Lewis Gilbert. When Violet Heaney's three daughters return home for her funeral, each sister finds her own way of coping with her loss. For Teresa, the eldest, it's herbal tea, obsessive cleaning and hectoring her long-suffering husband, Frank. Catherine, the youngest, resorts to retail therapy, industrial quantities of marijuana and manic phone calls to her elusive boyfriend in Barcelona. Middle daughter Mary seeks consolation in professional detachment and the arms of her lover, Mike. Like Mary, Mike's a doctor. Unlike Mary, he's married... The sisters soon discover that their early memories have grown fuzzy over time and the past becomes fuzzier still as they attempt to cope with their mother's parting.

Credits

Before You Go Cast

Name Character
Joanne Whalley She was 37, now 59 years old as Mary
Tom Wilkinson He was 53, now 75 years old as Frank
Julie Walters She was 52, now 74 years old as Teresa
John Hannah He was 40, now 61 years old as Mike
Victoria Hamilton She was 31, now 52 years old as Catherine
Patricia Hodge She was 55, now 77 years old as Vi
Dermot Crowley He was 55, now 77 years old as Father Cunningham
Raquel Cassidy She was 34, now 56 years old as Felicia
Hugh Ross He was 57, now 78 years old as Mr Berry
Alan Stocks He was 34, now 56 years old as Bob

Before You Go Crew

Name Department
Lewis Gilbert as Director. He was 82 (97) years old when He died Directing
Before You Go poster
Before You Go (21 years)

  • Release day: Thursday, June 20, 2002
  • Runtime: 91 minutes