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7.1Working-class couple Shirley and Cyril are in conflict over whether they should have children, their problems with 'yuppies' moving into the neighbourhood and outpricing them, and the advent of Cyril's ageing mother's seventieth birthday.
Released: 1989-01-13108 minDir: Mike LeighComedy, DramaBox office: $1.2M
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Cast
- Phil Davis as Cyril Bender
- Ruth Sheen as Shirley
- Edna Doré as Mrs Bender
- Philip Jackson as Martin Burke
- Heather Tobias as Valerie
- Lesley Manville as Lætitia Boothe-Brain
Themes
- london, england
- working class
- class differences
- family
- elderly lady
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
5,909 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
92%
Metacritic
84/100
- Year
- 1988
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 5 wins & 6 nominations
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- interpersonal relationship
- Director
- Mike Leigh
- Screenwriter
- Mike Leigh
- Cast member
- Edna Doré
- Producer
- Simon Channing-Williams
- Cinematographer
- Roger Pratt
- Narrative location
- London
- Filming location
- Lloyd's building
- Duration
- 112
- FilmAffinity ID
- 692375
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1989-02-26
- title
- High Hopes
- nominated for
- European Film Award for Best Composer
- set in period
- 1988
- review score
- 84/100
- capital cost
- 1280000
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