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English. Box office. £11.7 million [1] Happy-Go-Lucky is a 2008 British comedy-drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh. The screenplay focuses on a cheerful and optimistic primary school teacher and her relationships with those around her.
- £11.7 million
- Gary Yershon
Nov 21, 2008 · Happy-Go-Lucky: Directed by Mike Leigh. With Sally Hawkins, Elliot Cowan, Alexis Zegerman, Andrea Riseborough. A look at a few chapters in the life of Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London schoolteacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her.
- (41K)
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Mike Leigh
- 2008-11-21
Oct 23, 2008 · Mike Leigh's "Happy-Go-Lucky" is the story of a good woman. As simple as that. We first see Poppy peddling her bike through London, and smiling all the time to herself. She stops at a bookshop and tries to cheer up the dour proprietor.
Oct 10, 2008 · Teacher Poppy Cross (Sally Hawkins) is an eternal optimist who lives with her more cynical friend Zoe (Alexis Zegerman). Deciding she wants to learn to drive, she starts taking lessons from Scott...
- (3.5K)
- Mike Leigh
- R
- Sally Hawkins
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When her bicycle is stolen, Poppy decides to have driving lessons with the Axle School of Motoring with rude, bigoted, bitter instructor, Scott. Meanwhile, she has trouble with her back after having a go on the trampoline and decides instead to take Flamenco classes with a Spanish teacher.
Oct 9, 2008 · 1h 58m. By Manohla Dargis. Oct. 9, 2008. If you know the British filmmaker Mike Leigh’s work early and later titles like “Bleak Moments,” “Naked” and “Vera Drake” you may find yourself watching...