ComedyDrama
High Hopes
1989
108 min
7.1
70.6%
User Score
(99 votes)
Working-class couple Shirley and Cyril are in conflict over whether they should have children, their problems with 'yuppies' moving into the neighbourhood and outpricing them, and the advent of Cyril's ageing mother's seventieth birthday.
DIRECTED BY
Mike Leigh
STARRING
Phil Davis, Ruth Sheen, Edna Doré, Philip Jackson, Heather Tobias
Videos & Trailers
480p
Trailer
High Hopes (1988) Trailer
360p
Trailer
1988 High Hopes Official Trailer 1 British Screen Productions
Cast
Phil Davis
Cyril Bender
Ruth Sheen
Shirley
Edna Doré
Mrs Bender
Philip Jackson
Martin Burke
Heather Tobias
Valerie
Lesley Manville
Lætitia Boothe-Brain
David Bamber
Rupert Boothe-Brain
Jason Watkins
Wayne
Diane-Louise Jordan
Chemist Shop Assistant
Linda Beckett
Receptionist
