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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.
DVD / Blu-ray
Jan 26, 1999
Theaters
2
Director
Producer
Music
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Central Independent Television
Cast
Full credits →P
Phil Daniels
Mark
T
Tim Roth
Colin
J
Jeffrey Robert
Frank
P
Pam Ferris
Mavis
Gary Oldman
Coxy
M
Marion Bailey
Barbara
A
Alfred Molina
John
T
Tilly Vosburgh
Haley
L
Leila Bertrand
Hayley's Friend
H
Hepburn Graham
Boyfriend
P
Peter Wight
Estate Manager
E
Eileen Davies
Unemployment Benefit Clerk
H
Herbert Norville
Man in Pub
P
Paul Daly
Rusty
