The best actor nominees at this year's Baftas included the usual big-hitters: Benedict Cumberbatch, Leonardo DiCaprio and Will Smith (a big-hitter in more ways than one). But the nominee who made headlines in the UK was the least well-known of the bunch, Adeel Akhtar, who co-stars with Claire Rushbrook in Ali & Ava. Akhtar plays Ali, a former DJ who is separated from his wife, but who still shares a house with her. Rushbrook plays Ava, a gentle, widowed classroom assistant and mother of four. Clio Barnard's tender middle-aged love story shows how these two lonely souls find each other in Bradford, Yorkshire. "Barnard triumphs in presenting a romance tale that is deeply grounded," says Cheyenne Bunsie at Little White Lies, "yet in its well-matched leads and heartfelt story, still possesses the magic required to sweep the audience off its feet."
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