Directed by:
Mike LeighScreenplay:
Mike LeighCinematography:
Roger PrattComposer:
Andrew DicksonCast:
Phil Davis, Ruth Sheen, Edna Doré, Philip Jackson, Heather Tobias, Lesley Manville, David Bamber, Jason Watkins, Judith ScottVOD (1)
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Cyril (Philip Davis) and Shirley (Ruth Sheen) are a young, working-class couple who, in their struggle to make ends meet, have become absorbed in socialism. Cyril's sister Valerie (Heather Tobi) and her husband aspire to a more privileged class. The only glue holding the siblings together is their withdrawn and wistful old mother (Edna Doré). While the country faces social discontent, each of these characters fights for their own version of survival as the world around them plummets rapidly into an era of political upheaval and confusion. (official distributor synopsis)
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