Meantime

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• Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, TV Movie
• Language(s): English
• Director(s): Mike Leigh, Steve Finn, Heather Storr, Chris Rose
• Cast(s): Phil Daniels, Tim Roth, Pam Ferris, Gary Oldman, Marion Bailey See all Cast & Crew

• Duration: 1h 42min
• Music: Toby Reisz,Peter Joly,Andrew Dickson,Malcolm Hirst,Mike Shoring
• Award(s): Gold Hugo 1984 (Nominated) Awards List
• Similar To: Together, The Wedding Ring
• 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.
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