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Mike Leigh OBE FRSL (born 20 February 1943) is an English writer-director with a career spanning film, theatre and television. He has received numerous accolades, including prizes at the Cannes Film Festival , Berlin International Film Festival , the Venice International Film Festival , three BAFTA Awards , and nominations for seven Academy ...
Leigh's most notable works include the black comedy-drama Naked (1993), for which he won the Best Director Award at Cannes, the Oscar-nominated, BAFTA- and Palme d'Or-winning drama Secrets & Lies (1996), the Golden Lion-winning working-class drama Vera Drake (2004), and the Palme d'Or-nominated biopic Mr. Turner (2014).
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- 'Secrets & Lies' (1996) Hortense (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) is a young Black woman who was adopted at birth and sets out to find her birth mother. To her surprise, she discovers that her biological mother is a working-class white woman named Cynthia (Brenda Blethyn).
- 'Another Year' (2010) Another Year centers on a married couple, Tom (Jim Broadbent) and Gerri (Ruth Sheen), and their relationships with their friends and family over the course of four seasons.
- 'Vera Drake' (2004) Vera Drake stars Imelda Staunton as a working-class woman in 1950s London who performs illegal abortions. During the day she is a devoted wife, mother, and cleaning woman, but leads a secret life at night, evading the authorities - and her own family.
- 'Happy-Go-Lucky' (2008) Sally Hawkins delivers one of her best performances here as Poppy, a free-spirited and optimistic primary school teacher living in London.
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1. Bleak Moments. 1971 1h 51m. 6.9 (1.7K) Rate. 71 Metascore. Moments from the uncompromisingly bleak existence of a secretary, her intellectually disabled sister, aloof and uneasy teacher boyfriend, bizarre neighbor and irritating workmate. Director Mike Leigh Stars Anne Raitt Sarah Stephenson Eric Allan.
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- 'Secrets & Lies' (1996) IMDb Rating: 8.0/10. Secrets & Lies is Mike Leigh's most famous and acclaimed film, earning a total of five Oscar nominations (including Best Picture) and generating a huge amount of acclaim upon its release.
- 'Naked' (1993) IMDb Rating: 7.7/10. If Naked counts as a slice-of-life film, then it's probably one of the most twisted slice-of-life films ever made. It follows a particularly depraved individual who constantly antagonizes the people around him and lashes out against society.
- 'Vera Drake' (2004) IMDb Rating: 7.7/10. Like Topsy-Turvy, Vera Drake also sees Mike Leigh turning to the past to tell a story. Unlike Topsy-Turvy, Vera Drake has no light-hearted moments or anything close to comedic relief, and stands as what might well be Leigh's heaviest and most emotionally devastating film.
- 'All or Northing' (2002) IMDb Rating: 7.5/10. All or Nothing is a Mike Leigh film that leans heavier towards drama than comedy, though there is a little comedic relief, at least at first.
1. Another Year (2010) PG-13 | 129 min | Comedy, Drama. 7.4. Rate. 81 Metascore. A look at four seasons in the lives of a happily married couple and their relationships with their family and friends. Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen, Lesley Manville, Oliver Maltman. Votes: 30,342 | Gross: $3.21M. 2. Naked (1993)
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