DramaRomance

Hoard

The story follows Maria – a teenager whose mother used to be a hoarder. Now (set in the 90s) she lives in a foster home where a previous resident, Michael, inspires her to revisit the childhood memories and passions that she has repressed.

Release Date : 2024-05-17

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Erebus PicturesAnti-WorldsDelaval FilmBBC FilmBFI

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Maria

Original Name : Saura Lightfoot Leon

Gender : Female

Character Name : Michael

Original Name : Joseph Quinn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cynthia

Original Name : Hayley Squires

Gender : Female

Character Name : Young Maria

Original Name : Lily-Beau Leach

Gender : Male

Character Name : Laraib

Original Name : Deba Hekmat

Gender : Female

Character Name : Michelle

Original Name : Samantha Spiro

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sam

Original Name : Cathy Tyson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ali

Original Name : Nabil Elouahabi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Anthony

Original Name : Frankie Wilson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jordan

Original Name : Sam John

Gender : Male

Character Name : Paramedic

Original Name : Saulius Cajauskas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Leah

Original Name : Ceara Coveney

Gender : Female

Character Name : Social Worker

Original Name : Sarah Rose Denton

Gender : Female

Character Name : Janice

Original Name : Sandra Hale

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Norwood

Original Name : Alexis Tuttle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jeremy

Original Name : James Cooper

Gender : Male

Character Name : Drunk Man

Original Name : Paul Bassett

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gold Coin Lady

Original Name : Jenny Bolt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old Lady with Sheet

Original Name : Janie Booth

Gender : Female

Character Name : Pete

Original Name : Tim Bowie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Girl in Bar

Original Name : Emily Dixon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Janice

Original Name : Sandra Hale

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ellie

Original Name : Pena Iiyambo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Laraib

Original Name : Erin Jemmotte

Gender : Male

Character Name : Policeman 1

Original Name : Christian Jenner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Holly

Original Name : Honey Makwana

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Brewer

Original Name : Petra Markham

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lady at Bus Stop

Original Name : Phoebe Naughton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sean

Original Name : Sam Retford

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-05-20

The young "Maria" (Lily-Beau Leach) lives with her loving mum (Hayley Squires) in an home full to the brim of junk. Some of it just bric-a-brac, some of it more distasteful and unhealthy, but the pair rub along well enough scavenging their way through skips and bins. "Maria" has a tough time at school and doesn't really fit in, so when an accident at home sees her put into foster care, she has quite a bit of adjusting to do under the care of the savvy "Michelle" (Samantha Spiro). Now we scoot forward to her late teens where she (now Saura Lightfoot-Leon) is still living with "Michelle" and seemingly quite a content. One morning it's announced that "Michael" (Joseph Quinn), who was a former charge, is coming to stay for a while whilst his housing is sorted out. He's a decent cove with a girlfriend expecting a baby. Almost immediately he arrives, the two click. Not quite in any conventional sense, but there does seem to be something between them, and understanding. It's this that starts "Maria" thinking of her past, pining for it even - especially when a delivery man presents her with something entirely unexpected in a small package! With the two of them living increasingly closely, how might their relationship develop? Now this isn't for the squeamish. Right from the start we experience the rather sticky downsides of their quite grubby way of life, and as the story moves to it's second phase it becomes a potent, if shallow, character study of two people that just don't conform. The problem for me here is that the drama goes nowhere. It's a sequence of observations of the life of a woman that I didn't feel I knew on any level at all. Her behaviour is unsettling but it seemed to me that was so that the audience could feel unsettled, squirm in our chairs a bit, rather than because the character of "Maria" was evolving in any way. Indeed she seems to retrogress as the film just becomes increasingly tasteless and contrived. It's rare to see people leave an arthouse cinema mid-film, but they did during this. I didn't, but I am not at all sure what the point was, or to whom this is aimed. It has it's moments and at times is really visceral, but sorry - by the end I found it all just a bit too introspective and dull.