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Meantime (1983)

Meantime (1983)

Drama Comedy TV Movie
Release Date: 1983, October 16
Directors: Mike Leigh
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Central Independent Television, Central Independent Television
Cast: Tim Roth, Alfred Molina, Gary Oldman, Marion Bailey, Peter Wight, Eileen Davies, Pam Ferris, Herbert Norville, Tilly Vosburgh, Phil Daniels, Hepburn Graham, Paul Daly

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

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