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Chuck Chuck Baby. Image shows left to right: Joanne (Annabel Scholey), Helen (Louise Brealey)
Chuck Chuck Baby

Chuck Chuck Baby

  • 2024 film

Musical comedy drama. Amid the vibrant neon lights of a chicken packaging factory, two women fall in love. Stars Louise Brealey, Annabel Scholey, Beverly Rudd, Sorcha Cusack and Celyn Jones

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Chuck Chuck Baby. Image shows left to right: Joanne (Annabel Scholey), Helen (Louise Brealey)

Key details

Genre
Film
Released
2024
Stars
Louise Brealey, Annabel Scholey, Beverly Rudd, Sorcha Cusack and Celyn Jones
Writer
Janis Pugh
Director
Janis Pugh
Producers
Anne Beresford, Adam Partridge, Andrew Gillman, Peggy Cafferty, Lizzie Francke, Kimberley Warner, Max Fisher and Mary Fisher
Company

Set in present day industrial North Wales, Helen spends her nights packing chickens and her days caring for a dying mother figure, Gwen. Helen's world takes an unexpected turn with the return of Joanne. They were the objects of the other's unspoken teenage passions twenty years ago. One night, encouraged by Helen, Joanne starts a playful wooing game that re-awakens their youthful feelings.

As they fall in love and lust, Helen's zest for life returns but Joanne feels the walls closing in as she faces something much darker from her past. Helen's world is shattered when Gwen dies and Joanne's painful memories cause her to flee. Separated and alone, both women reflect on their unfulfilled chance. Eventually, they find the courage to let go of the past and allow their love to win.

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Additional details

UK certificate
15
Duration
101 minutes
UK release
Friday 19th July 2024
Produced
Early 2022
UK premiere
Sunday 20th August 2023, Everyman Cinema, Edinburgh International Film Festival
Distributors

Studio Soho

Picture
Colour

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