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High Hopes is a 1988 British comedy drama film directed by Mike Leigh, focusing on an extended working-class family living in King's Cross, London, and elsewhere. The film primarily examines Cyril ( Philip Davis) and Shirley ( Ruth Sheen ), a motor-cycle courier and his girlfriend, along with their friends, neighbours, and Cyril's mother and ...
- £1.28 million
- Andrew Dickson
- 24 September 1988
Feb 26, 1989 · High Hopes: Directed by Mike Leigh. With Phil Davis, Ruth Sheen, Edna Doré, Philip Jackson. The life of a working class couple living in London and their complicated relationships with other members of the family.
- (5.6K)
- Comedy, Drama
- Mike Leigh
- 1989-02-26
Philip Jackson. Martin Burke. Heather Tobias. Valerie Burke. Watchlist. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. An old London widow's (Edna Doré) daughter is a yuppie, but her son (Philip...
- (77)
- Mike Leigh
- R
- Philip Davis
Dec 31, 2014 · Winner of European Film Awards for Best Actress (Ruth Sheen), Best Supporting Performance (Edna Doré), and Best Composer (Andrew Dickson), and nominated for Best Film. Written and Directed by Mike Leigh. Produced by Victor Glynn and Simon Channing Williams. Cinematography by Roger Pratt.
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- Cyril Bender; Shirley; Mrs Bender
- Mike Leigh
- 1989
- 2
High Hopes. Directed by Mike Leigh • 1988 • United Kingdom. Starring Phil Davis, Ruth Sheen, Edna Doré. True to its title, this slice-of-life satire is one of director Mike Leigh’s warmest and most optimistic films—though it’s still laced with more than a touch of bittersweet melancholy.
High Hopes tells the story of Cyril (Philip Davis) and Shirley (Ruth Sheen), a young leftist couple living sparsely but remain hopeful despite the lack of opportunity ever knocking at their door. Cyril’s sister, Valerie (Heather Tobias), is married to Martin (Philip Jackson) and the two of them aspire to be Yuppies, a young upwardly mobile ...
