High Hopes (1988) (Blu-ray) (UK Import)
High Hopes (1988) (Blu-ray) (UK Import)
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- Country of origin:
- Großbritannien, 1988
- Age release:
- Dieser Titel ist nicht FSK-geprüft.
Delivery to minors is not possible.
Infos zu Titeln ohne Jugendfreigabe - Item number:
- 10836797
- UPC/EAN:
- 5060105729997
- Release date:
- 7.3.2022
- Genre:
- Komödie
- Playing time ca.:
- 107 Min.
- Director:
- Mike Leigh
- Actor:
- Philip Davis, Ruth Sheen, Edna Dore, Philip Jackson
- Film music:
- Andrew Dickson
- German Title:
- Hohe Erwartungen
- Language:
- Englisch
- Subtitles:
- Englisch
Mike Leigh writes and directs this class struggle comedy drama which portrays the intertwined lives of an extended working class family in London during the Thatcher years.
The story follows left-wing bike messenger Cyril Bender (Philip Davis), his girlfriend Shirley (Ruth Sheen) and Cyril's conservative mother (Edna Dore), who lives in the last council house on her street next to the appallingly upper class Boothe-Braines (Lesley Manville and David Bamber).
Cyril's consumerist sister Valerie (Heather Tobias) and her car salesman husband Martin (Philip Jackson) join the family to throw a surprise 70th birthday party for Mrs. Bender but, despite their best intentions, the event descends into disaster.
Reviews
ZDF Pressetext: "Eine genaue Bestandsaufnahme der verlorenen Träume und Illusionen während der Endphase der Thatcher-Regierung. Leighs Sympathieträger sind die alternden Linken mit ihren Anpassungsschwierigkeiten in einer auf Leistung getrimmten Gesellschaft."Lexikon des Int.Films: "Eine Studie, die überzeugend unterhält."
