High Hopes
ComedyDrama
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.
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A poignant, wry look at the quiet struggles and small joys of working-class life. It feels like a warm, lived-in hug, tinged with the melancholy of everyday compromises and the enduring hope for a better future.
wrymelancholicbittersweetobservationalearneststeadykitchen sink dramasocial realismcharacter-drivenclassfamilyagingdisillusionmenthope
london, englandworking classclass differencesfamilyelderly lady
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