High Hopes

7.1 1989 Mike Leigh 1h 48m
Comedy Drama
High Hopes

Working-class couple Shirley and Cyril are in conflict over whether they should have children, their problems with 'yuppies' moving into the neighbourhood and outpricing them, and the advent of Cyril's ageing mother's seventieth birthday.

Phil Davis Phil Davis Cyril Bender
Ruth Sheen Ruth Sheen Shirley
Edna Doré Edna Doré Mrs Bender
Philip Jackson Philip Jackson Martin Burke
Heather Tobias Heather Tobias Valerie
Lesley Manville Lesley Manville Lætitia Boothe-Brain
David Bamber David Bamber Rupert Boothe-Brain
Cheryl Prime Martin's Girlfriend
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