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Film Description

Leigh's working class characters never have easy lives, but their difficulties are seen through comedy which makes them bearable. Here, Steadman's Wendy keeps her pecker up to support her family through their individual, very 1990s despair. Horrocks and Thewliss play their well-observed, slightly grotesque roles perfectly. Should you laugh, cry or do both?

 

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Director Mike Leigh
Starring Jane Horrocks, Jim Broadbent, Alison Steadman, Stephen Rea, Timothy Spall, Claire Skinner

 

Genre Contemporary Film

 

Country UK Language ENGLISH   Year 1990

 

Technical Details

Certificate 15   Length 99 mins   Label 4DVD
Cat No F4DVD90074   Format DVD   Colour
Region2   Aspect 1:1.78 (16:9) widescreen
Subtitles Subtitles for hard of hearing (English).

 

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