Mike Leigh's funny and deeply touching HIGH HOPES is yet another inventive cinematic reaction to Margaret Thatcher's overhaul of British society. Employing an episodic structure and a semi-improvisational approach, Leigh (BLEAK MOMENTS) presents three couples and an elderly woman as a
microcosm of modern-day Britain.
Cyril (Philip Davis), a 35-year-old motorcycle messenger, and Shirley (Ruth Sheen), his companion of ten years, are children of the working class who have embraced a countercultural lifestyle that once included a passionate faith in revolutionary ideology. Although they can't agree to have a child
of their own, they spend plenty of time parenting D...
Released:
1988
Rated:
PG
Length:
110 mins