High Hopes

1988
PG
1h 48m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

7,4/10

5,9 k

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Slice-of-life look at a sweet working-class couple in London, Shirley and Cyril, his mother, who's aging quickly and becoming forgetful.

Liretrailer0 min 59 s

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Quirky Comedy Satire Comedy Drama

La vie d'un couple d'ouvriers vivant à Londres et leurs relations compliquées avec les autres membres de la famille.La vie d'un couple d'ouvriers vivant à Londres et leurs relations compliquées avec les autres membres de la famille.La vie d'un couple d'ouvriers vivant à Londres et leurs relations compliquées avec les autres membres de la famille.

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ÉVALUATION IMDb

7,4/10

5,9 k

MA NOTE

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

Prix
- 5 victoires et 6 nominations au total

Vidéos1

Trailer 0:59

Trailer: High Hopes

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Anecdotes
Before High Hopes (1988), director Mike Leigh had made Bleak Moments (1971), released in 1971, and Meantime (1983), released in 1983. This gap in his filmography was attributable in part to his process for creating films: When he applied for financial backing, he did not yet have finished scripts, preferring to allow actors, once they were hired, to use improvisation sessions to create the dialogue. As a result, given the absence of a concrete script, many potential financial backers were reluctant to support Leigh's work. For "High Hopes," that spelled doom until the British TV station Channel 4 stepped in and partially funded it. The result is one of the most moving and engaging films of the 1980s and an early masterwork in Leigh's catalog.

Gaffes
After they come back from the opera, Lætitia sings the aria "La ci darem" to Rupert, which she claims was from the opera they just saw. They proceed to talk about the characters Susanna and Cherubino. However, these characters are from The Marriage of Figaro whereas the aria "La ci darem" is from Don Giovanni.

Citations
Rupert Boothe-Braine: Now... what made this country great was a place for everyone, and everyone in his place. And this is my place.

Connexions
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Chances Are/Paperhouse/The 'Burbs/Bert Rigby, You're a Fool/High Hopes (1989)

Bandes originales
Poor Man's Prison
(uncredited)
Written by Keith Colley and Knox Henderson

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7/10

high hopes

This is early Mike Leigh before he achieved that perfect balance in tone between critical and affectionate that distinctly marks his best films. Consequently, while there are wonderfully observed sad and funny bits (like the visit to Karl Marx's grave and the way the Marxist couple treats the lost waif in search of his mom) the main set pieces soon descend into undue caricature (the Yuppie couple in the gentrified housing block) or nastiness (the mom's 70th b-day party). Give it a B minus if only for Ruth Sheen's warm hearted performance that would foreshadow Alison Steadman in the later, better "Life Is Sweet".