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Writer-director Luna Carmoon has wrapped principal photography on her second feature following her breakout debut "Hoard" and unveiled a lineup of buzzy names that are leading the cast.
"To Make Ends Meat" stars Naomi Ackie ("Sorry, Baby," "Mickey 17"), Alison Oliver ("Wuthering Heights," "Saltburn"), Éanna Hardwicke ("Saipan," "The Sixth Commandment") and Armande Boulanger ("The Returned," "Eiffel"), and follows three women, all in debt to despicable men, their pasts, and each other, who find themselves bargaining to survive in the only language these men seem to understand: consumption and violence.
BBC Film, BFI (awarding National Lottery funding), True Brit, Goodfellas, Mother, ProdCo, Arts Alliance, Affine Films, Cofiloisirs and Blush Film are financing the feature. Goodfellas will also handle international sales and are launching the film in Cannes, with True Brit having already taken distribution rights in the U.K. and Ireland.
"This film has come from the belly of my soul, of all things, tar and family," said Carmoon. "From my grandmother's experiences in Newington Lodge, to my mother Toni and the cleaning houses she took me to where darker things lingered, to teddies and chicken farms. So much of my family and our memories seep deeper than you'd think. I cannot think of a more prevalent time than now to paint and stitch and weave to screen, it is my rage that has fuelled this."
She added: "The weatherings of being a woman and how you are cannibalised by systems, by men, women and then by debts we sometimes write ourselves into because we believe we deserve it so. This has been made with all my blood, figuratively and yes, physically of all of me. I hope I know it will rupture, splinter and cry to us all when it is stitched together."
"Hoard" premiered at Venice Critics' Week in 2023 to critical acclaim and multiple prizes. The film went on to receive international distribution and was nominated for the Outstanding British Debut BAFTA in 2025. In the time between films Carmoon also directed a trilogy of music videos for Fontaines D.C.
