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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
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High Hopes est un film britannique réalisé par Mike Leigh, sorti en 1988.Il est question du rapport au parent âgé ; de divergences économiques et morales entre un frère et une sœur, adultes ; et de désir d'enfant dans un monde d'inégalités sociales.
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1988 British films1988 comedy-drama films1988 English-language films1988 films1988 independent filmsBritish comedy-drama filmsEnglish-language comedy-drama filmsEnglish-language independent filmsFilms about dysfunctional familiesFilms about social classFilms directed by Mike LeighFilms set in London