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High Hopes

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High Hopes — Plot

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.

  • Release date
  • January 13, 1989
  • Runtime
  • 108 min
  • Genres
  • Comedy, Drama
  • Director
  • Mike Leigh

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High Hopes — Cast

Phil Davis photo Phil Davis Cyril Bender Ruth Sheen photo Ruth Sheen Shirley Edna Doré photo Edna Doré Mrs Bender Philip Jackson photo Philip Jackson Martin Burke Heather Tobias photo Heather Tobias Valerie Lesley Manville photo Lesley Manville Lætitia Boothe-Brain David Bamber photo David Bamber Rupert Boothe-Brain Cheryl Prime Martin's Girlfriend

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