Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Age rating
- 15
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
The story
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.
- london
- england
- skinhead
- sibling relationship
- recession
- working class
- apartment building
- east end
- dole
- unemployment benefits
- unemployed
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Gary Oldman — Coxy
- Marion Bailey — Barbara
- Alfred Molina — John
- Tilly Vosburgh — Haley
- Leila Bertrand — Hayley's Friend
- Hepburn Graham — Boyfriend
- Peter Wight — Estate Manager
- Eileen Davies — Unemployment Benefit Clerk
- Herbert Norville — Man in Pub
- Brian Hoskin — Barman
- Paul Daly — Rusty
- Directed
- Mike Leigh
- Written
- Mike Leigh
Production
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 · 107 ratings
- Studio
- Central Independent Television
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
