简介：‘In different places, different thoughts emerge.’ Irish artists, Desperate Optimists (aka Molloy and Lawlor) have spent three decades in England – raising their now nearly-adult daughter Molly, and putting down creative and personal roots. In The Future Tense, they consider whether it’s now time to make a move, in an essay film as erudite as it is funny. They explore their own migration story, those of many before them and ask: ‘does Ireland have an addiction to mass immigration?’ And if so, how has English colonialism shaped that? With wit and audacity, they glide from the metaphorical significance of a gap between the director’s teeth to the story of a radicalised English debutante, all the while reflecting on their own shifting feelings about England post-Brexit. But at the heart of the story is the poignant question of their future: will they stay, or will they go? Molly, Christine and Joe must decide.
简介：‘In different places, different thoughts emerge.’ Irish artists, Desperate Optimists (aka Molloy and Lawlor) have spent three decades in England – raising their now nearly-adult daughter Molly, and putting down creative and personal roots. In The Future Tense, they consider whether it’s now time to make a move, in an essay film as erudite as it is funny. They explore their own migration story, those of many before them and ask: ‘does Ireland have an addiction to mass immigration?’ And if so, how has English colonialism shaped that? With wit and audacity, they glide from the metaphorical significance of a gap between the director’s teeth to the story of a radicalised English debutante, all the while reflecting on their own shifting feelings about England post-Brexit. But at the heart of the story is the poignant question of their future: will they stay, or will they go? Molly, Christine and Joe must decide.
