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Meantime

6.7 107 mins Drama   Comedy   1983
Central Productions   Mostpoint   Channel 4 Television  
Director(s): Mike Leigh

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.

Casts of Meantime

Phil Daniels

as Mark

Tim Roth

as Colin

Jeffrey Robert

as Frank

Pam Ferris

as Mavis

Gary Oldman

as Coxy

Marion Bailey

as Barbara

Alfred Molina

as John

Tilly Vosburgh

as Haley

Leila Bertrand

as Hayley's Friend

Hepburn Graham

as Boyfriend

Peter Wight

as Estate Manager

Eileen Davies

as Unemployment Benefit Clerk

Herbert Norville

as Man in Pub

Brian Hoskin

as Barman

Paul Daly

as Rusty

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