Most Anticipated Films of 2024: Part IV (30-21) aka I Think I Can See a Light 30. Hard Truths Director: Mike Leigh ( Secrets & Lies , Topsy-Turvy ) Cast: Marianne Jean-Baptist and Michele Austin. Olivier Assayas isn't the only director with a pandemic-inspired drama this year. Veteran auteur, Mike Leigh, finally received enough funding last year for his 15th full-length feature: a tragicomedy that explores relationships and human strengths and weaknesses in a post-pandemic world. Leigh, who just turned 81, hasn't made a film since 2018's Peterloo , and despite his world-renowned reputation as one of Britain's most distinguished and venerable filmmakers, his work has always struggled financially at the box office, and therefore, hindered his ability to get another project rolling the moment he's finished one. His films usually employ a lot of improvisation (trying not to be too codependent to the script, lest it lose a sense of grounded-ness...