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High Hopes

Name: High Hopes
Director: Mike Leigh
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1989-01-13
Cast: Phil Davis, Ruth Sheen, Edna Doré, Philip Jackson, Heather Tobias

ComedyDrama

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.

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Cast

Phil DavisRuth SheenEdna DoréPhilip JacksonHeather TobiasLesley ManvilleDavid BamberCheryl PrimeJudith ScottJason WatkinsDiane-Louise JordanLinda Beckett

Director

Mike Leigh

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