Second Coming
Second Coming is a look at the life and struggles of a family living in London. An unexplained pregnancy forces a husband to doubt his wife's faithfulness while the wife must deal with the domestic recriminations and social stigma alone.
15 May 1970, Stepney, London, England, UK
1947, Kingston, Jamaica
6 September 1972, Hackney, London, England, UK
5 July 1983, London, England, UK
7 April 1981, London, England, UK
June 04, 2015
The title and central concept may be ripe with religious allusions, but there's no heavy-handed allegorising here. Nor does the film ever veer off into soapy drama: forget about any shock reveals or intrigues.
June 01, 2015
A soulful drama that heralds the arrival of a new voice in British cinema.
June 04, 2015
Second Coming is an enigmatic and quietly impressive piece of storytelling.
June 06, 2015
Leaves no doubt that its central supernatural event is 100% real, yet it makes absolutely no case for it whatsoever, and refuses to even engage with it.
June 04, 2015
Overall this is a British film of rare ambition and imagination, which builds to a final image of heart-stopping grace.
June 05, 2015
The pace will be too slow for some but, still, if you make it to the end, you'll come away chuffed.
September 11, 2014
Tucker Green certainly isn't shy about testing her audience's patience, and while she can sometimes get a bit too enamored with her own moody, elliptical atmospherics, there's clearly a unique imagination at work here ...
June 04, 2015
A mysterious and intimate fable in the guise of gritty social realism, simply and powerfully acted.
June 07, 2015
In a highly nuanced central performance, Marshall is both engaging and evasive, perfectly matching the fluid tone of Tucker Green's enigmatic urban parable.
June 05, 2015
Heralds the emergence of a major new filmmaking talent in Debbie Tucker Green.
June 01, 2015
An impressive slice-of-life drama that's tinged with unease and strangeness
