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High Hopes

6.9

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Original title

High Hopes

Year

1988

Running time

100 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

Mike Leigh

Screenwriter

Mike Leigh

Cast

Music

Andrew Dickson

Cinematography

Roger Pratt

Producer

British Screen Productions, Film4 Productions

Genre

Comedy. Drama | Comedy-Drama

Synopsis

Slice-of-life look at a sweet working-class couple in London, Shirley and Cyril, his mother, who's aging quickly and becoming forgetful, mum's ghastly upper-middle-class neighbors, and Cyril's pretentious sister and philandering husband. Shirley wants a baby, but Cyril, who reads Marx and wants the world to be perfect, is reluctant. Cyril's mum locks herself out and must ask her snooty neighbors for help. Then Cyril's sister Valerie stages a surprise party for mum's 70th birthday, a disaster from start to finish. Shirley holds things together, and she and Cyril may put aside her Dutch cap after all.

Awards: 1988: Venice Film Festival: FIPRESCI

1989: European Film Awards: Best Actress (Ruth Sheen) & Composer

1989: Independent Spirit Awards: Nominated for Best Foreign Film

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High Hopes

1988

Mike Leigh

6.9

(495)