Meantime

Meantime — Plot

A working-class family in London's East End is struggling to stay afloat during the recession under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's premiership. Only the mother Mavis is working; father Frank and the couple's two sons Colin, a timid, chronically shy individual and Mark, an outspoken, headstrong young man, are on the dole. This situation is contrasted by the presence of Mavis's sister Barbara, and her husband John, whose financial and social loftiness appears to be a comfortable facade over the unspoken soreness of a lackluster marriage.

• Release date
• October 16, 1983
• Runtime
• 107 min
• Genres
• Drama, Comedy, TV Movie
• Director
• Mike Leigh

Meantime — Cast

Phil Daniels Mark Tim Roth Colin

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Jeffrey Robert Frank Pam Ferris Mavis Gary Oldman Coxy Marion Bailey Barbara Alfred Molina John Tilly Vosburgh Haley