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Other well-known films include the comedy-dramas Life Is Sweet (1990) Meantime (1983) and Career Girls (1997), the Gilbert and Sullivan biographical film Topsy-Turvy (1999) and the bleak working-class drama All or Nothing (2002).
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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 ...
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- 1963–present
- Director, screenwriter, producer, actor
13 titles. 1. Bleak Moments (1971) 111 min | Comedy, Drama. 6.9. 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.
- '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.
14 titles. 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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