High Hopes
by
Mike Leigh
Retro: Mike Leigh
1988, a neighbourhood in King’s Cross, London: Cyril and Shirley are ‘alternatives’. Valerie’s seductive and culinary arts are all but ignored by her husband. Rupert and Laetitia Boothe-Braine prefer yuppie sex games. A melancholic, amusing observation of incompatible people and desires.
- Genre: Tragicomedy
- Country, Year: UK, 1988
- Runtime: 116 Min
- Languages: English
- Director: Mike Leigh
- Cast: Philip Davis, Ruth Sheen, Edna Doré, Philip Jackson
- Screenplay: Mike Leigh
- Cinematography: Dick Pope
- Editor: Jon Gregory
- Music: Andrew Dickson
- Producers: Simon Channing Williams, Victor Glynn
- Production Companies: British Screen Productions, Channel Four Films, Portman Productions
- World Sales: Park Circus
