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High Hopes

1989
Directed byMike Leigh
1h 48m

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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Phil DavisCyril BenderRuth SheenShirleyEdna DoréMrs Bender
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ComedyDrama
STATUSReleased
RATING
7.1

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