Film · Drama, Comedy, TV Movie
Meantime (1983)
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.
- Director
- Mike Leigh
- Writers
- Mike Leigh
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Release date
- October 16, 1983
Cast
Phil DanielsMark
Tim RothColin- Jeffrey RobertFrank
Pam FerrisMavis
Gary OldmanCoxy
Marion BaileyBarbara
Alfred MolinaJohn
Tilly VosburghHaley- Leila BertrandHayley's Friend
Hepburn GrahamBoyfriend
Peter WightEstate Manager
Eileen DaviesUnemployment Benefit Clerk
Herbert NorvilleMan in Pub- Brian HoskinBarman
- Paul DalyRusty
