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Mike Leigh's last screening at the Film Club was the triumphant
Topsy Turvy, a departure from his
familiar territory, but he returns to working-class drama
with this tale of minicab driver, Phil (Spall) and partner
Penny (Manville). The film provides a very persuasive, dramatically
powerful account of London housing-estate lives blighted
by economic hardship, emotional inarticulacy, glaring resentment
and impoverished hopes. Balancing scenes of bitter-sweet
hilarity and harrowing starkness, Leigh has pulled off an
affecting portrait of modern British working-class life,
the film building to a truthful and genuinely moving climax.
Critics
"An engrossing…uplifting tale. Simply staggering…shot through
with hilarious jet-black humour." Film Review
Awards
Nominated
for Palme d'Or, Cannes 2002
Links
Mike
Leigh discusses his sources of inspiration in The Guardian
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Programme
Notes
The
programme notes for this film are available here.
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Director
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Mike Leigh |
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Written by
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Mike Leigh
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Cast |
Timothy
Spall
Lesley Manville
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Cert |
18 |
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Length |
2hrs
8mins |
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Country |
UK
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Language |
English |
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