Country: UK
Year: 1988
Duration: 112'
Cyril lives at King’s Cross, he makes his
deliveries on his moped. He is an old
school socialist with a conservative mother;
he has new yuppie neighbors and a
girlfriend, Shirley, whom he loves but with
whom he doesn’t want to have a child.
A social comedy in full Leigh-style, about
the transformation of “Thatcherian”
England, through the eyes of a
quick-tempered, ironic and unshakeable
son of the working class.
Biography
film director
Mike Leigh
Mike Leigh (Salford, GB/UK, 1943)
FILMOGRAFIA
Bleak Moments (Momenti tristi, 1971), Play for Today (ep. Hard Labour, TV, 1973), The Five Minute Films (cm, TV, 1975), Play for Today (ep. Nuts in May, TV, 1976; ep. The Kiss of Death, Abigail’s Party, TV, 1977; ep. Who’s Who, TV, 1979), BBC2 Playhouse (ep. Grown-ups, 1980), Play for Today (ep. Home Sweet Home, TV, 1982), Meantime (TV, 1984), Four Days in July (TV, 1985), The Short & Curlies (cm, TV, 1987), High Hopes
(Belle speranze, 1988), Life Is Sweet (Dolce è la vita, 1991), A Sense of History (cm, 1992), Naked (Naked - Nudo, 1993), Secrets & Lies (Segreti e bugie, 1996), Career Girls
(Ragazze, 1997), Topsy-Turvy (Topsy-Turvy - Sottosopra, 1999), All or Nothing (Tutto o
niente, 2002), Vera Drake (Il segreto di Vera Drake, 2004), Happy-Go-Lucky (2008).
Cast
& Credits
regia, sceneggiatura/director, screenplay Mike Leigh
fotografia/cinematography Roger Pratt
montaggio/film editing Jon Gregory
scenografia/production design Diana Charnley
costumi/costume design Lindy Hemming
musica/music Andrew Dickson
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Philip Davis (Cyril Bender), Ruth Sheen (Shirley), Edna Doré (la signora/Mrs Bender), Philip Jackson (Martin Burke), Heather Tobias (Valerie Burke)
produttori/producers Simon Channing Williams, Victor Glynn
produzione/production British Screen Productions, Channel Four Films, Portman Productions
fotografia/cinematography Roger Pratt
montaggio/film editing Jon Gregory
scenografia/production design Diana Charnley
costumi/costume design Lindy Hemming
musica/music Andrew Dickson
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Philip Davis (Cyril Bender), Ruth Sheen (Shirley), Edna Doré (la signora/Mrs Bender), Philip Jackson (Martin Burke), Heather Tobias (Valerie Burke)
produttori/producers Simon Channing Williams, Victor Glynn
produzione/production British Screen Productions, Channel Four Films, Portman Productions