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High Hopes

High Hopes

Mike Leigh

1989

  • Comedy
  • Drama
7.0

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.

Cast & crew

  • Mike LeighDirector
  • Phil DavisCyril Bender
  • Ruth SheenShirley
  • Edna DoréMrs Bender
  • Philip JacksonMartin Burke
  • Heather TobiasValerie
  • Lesley ManvilleLætitia Boothe-Brain
  • David BamberRupert Boothe-Brain
  • Cheryl PrimeMartin's Girlfriend

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