High Hopes
1988, Film, 108 min, Comedy, Drama, English, United Kingdom, MoviePedia score 69
Working-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.
Directed by Mike Leigh
Cast
- Phil Davis as Cyril
- Ruth Sheen as Shirley
- Edna Doré as Mrs Bender
- Philip Jackson as Martin
- Heather Tobias as Valerie
- Lesley Manville as Lætitia
- David Bamber as Rupert
- Jason Watkins as Wayne
- Judith Scott as Suzi
- Cheryl Prime as Martin's Girlfriend
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