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High Hopes

1989 · Mike Leigh · 108 min

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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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7/10Rating on TMDBFrom The Movie Database103 votesTMDB
Phil DavisCyril BenderRuth SheenShirleyEdna DoréMrs BenderPhilip JacksonMartin BurkeHeather TobiasValerieLesley ManvilleLætitia Boothe-BrainDavid BamberRupert Boothe-BrainCCheryl PrimeMartin's GirlfriendJJudith ScottSuziJason WatkinsWayneDiane-Louise JordanChemist Shop AssistantLinda BeckettReceptionistAAliBaby

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Phil DavisCyril BenderRuth SheenShirleyEdna DoréMrs BenderPhilip JacksonMartin BurkeHeather TobiasValerieLesley ManvilleLætitia Boothe-BrainDavid BamberRupert Boothe-BrainCCheryl PrimeMartin's GirlfriendJJudith ScottSuziJason WatkinsWayneDiane-Louise JordanChemist Shop AssistantLinda BeckettReceptionistAAliBaby

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