Product Information
Comedy focusing on working-class couple Cyril and Shirley, who are unsure as to whether to try for a baby, and their relatives.Product Identifiers
EAN5055002570049
eBay Product ID (ePID)72545692
Product Key Features
ActorEdna Dore, Philip Jackson, David Bamber, Phil Davis, Ruth Sheen, Lesley Manville
Film/TV TitleHigh Hopes
DirectorMike Leigh
Release Year2009
GenreGeneral, Comedy
Run Time108 Mins
Additional Product Features
Certificate15
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Number of Discs1
Additional InformationAnother bittersweet comedy from acclaimed director Mike Leigh (HAPPY-GO-LUCKY, SECRETS AND LIES), HIGH HOPES weaves a wonderful tapestry of hippies and yuppies, fantasy and reality, broken dreams and high hopes. Lampooning every aspect of modern English society, the film is a biting satire with a dry sense of humour. Leigh allows his story to unfold at a realistic pace, granting his actors the time to better express the inner feelings and emotions of his zany cavalcade of characters.
ReviewsTime Out - he offers a superbly crafted and unsentimentalised study of age and survival. Very long, prone to the longueur, but finally triumphant in its sombre, raw meditation on how we live.
Sound sourceDolby Digital