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Meantime (1983)
Directed by Mike Leigh
Drama, Comedy, TV Movie · 1h 47m
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.
Cast
Phil Daniels
Tim Roth
Pam Ferris
Gary Oldman
Marion Bailey
Alfred Molina
Tilly Vosburgh
Hepburn Graham
Peter Wight
Eileen Davies
Crew
- Director
- Mike Leigh
- Writer
- Mike Leigh
- Director of Photography
- Roger Pratt
- Original Music Composer
- Andrew Dickson
- Editor
- Lesley Walker
- Producer
- Graham Benson
Details
- Release date
- 1983-10-16
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy, TV Movie
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Central Independent Television