HIGH HOPES
Directed by Mike Leigh
Fiction – Comedy, Drama – 1988 – United Kingdom – 110′
Synopsis
High Hopes 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.
Cast
Phil Davis, Ruth Sheen, Edna Doré
Crew
Director – Mike Leigh
Screenplay – Mike Leigh
Executive Producer – Tom Donald
Production Company – Portman Productions Ltd
Producers – Victor Glynn, Simon Channing-Williams
Director of Photography – Roger Pratt
Production Designer – Diana Charnley
Editor – Jon Gregory
Music – Andrew Dickson
Costume Designer – Lindy Hemming
