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Mike Leigh

Mike Leigh

British writer and director of film and theatre
February 20, 1943 (81 years old)
G.-B. 2018. History by Mike Leigh with Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Pearce Quigley. In 1819 Manchester, workers and intellectuals revolted by their condition organize a grassroots revolution to demand reform of parliamentary representation.
Runtime: 154 min.
G.-B. 2014. Biography by Mike Leigh with Timothy Spall, Marion Bailey, Dorothy Atkinson. The last years of the life of the painter Joseph Mallord William Turner, whose work, composed of maritime scenes dissolved in light, spearheaded impressionism.
Runtime: 149 min.
G.-B. 2010. Psychological drama by Mike Leigh with Ruth Sheen, Jim Broadbent, Lesley Manville. Four seasons in the life of a couple of professionals in their sixties, who are held in high regard by their relatives.
Runtime: 130 min.
G.-B. 2007. Dramatic comedy by Mike Leigh with Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan, Alexis Zegerman. In London, various incidents mark the life of a thirty-something single teacher with an unshakeable optimism.
Runtime: 118 min.
G.-B. 2004. Social drama by Mike Leigh with Imelda Staunton, Phil Davis, Peter Wight. In 1950, in a working-class area of London, a devoted mother is arrested for performing illegal abortions.
Runtime: 125 min.
G.-B. 2002. Social drama by Mike Leigh with Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Alison Garland. During a weekend, the tribulations of three families living in a council flat in a working class area of London.
Runtime: 128 min.
G.-B. 1999. Mores comedy by Mike Leigh with Jim Broadbent, Allan Corduner, Timothy Spall. In 1885, in London, the tribulations surrounding the creation of a comic opera by the famous duo Gilbert and Sullivan.
Runtime: 160 min.
G.-B. 1997. Dramatic comedy by Mike Leigh with Katrin Cartlidge, Lynda Steadman, Mark Benton. Two young women, roommates during their student years, meet again six years later.
G.-B. 1996. Psychological drama by Mike Leigh with Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Timothy Spall.
Runtime: 142 min.
G.-B. 1993. Mores drama by Mike Leigh with David Thewlis, Lesley Sharp, Katrin Cartlidge. The tribulations of a young Manchester dropout who goes searching his former girlfriend in London.
Runtime: 126 min.
G.-B. 1990. Mores comedy by Mike Leigh with Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Spall. The ups and downs of a jovial couple whose twin daughters don't really share the same joie de vivre.
Runtime: 102 min.
G.-B. 1988. Satire by Mike Leigh with Philip Davis, Ruth Sheen, Edna Doré. A former protestor who pursues a marginal existence with his partner experiences various family troubles.
Runtime: 111 min.
G.-B. 1984. Drama by Mike Leigh with Brid Brennan, Des McAleer, Charles Lawson. In Northern Ireland, two couples, one Catholic and the other Protestant, lead strangely similar lives in parallel.
Runtime: 96 min
G.-B. 1983. Dramatic comedy by Mike Leigh with Phil Daniels, Tim Roth, Pam Ferris. The gloomy daily life of an unemployed family in a London suburb.
Runtime: 102 min.
G.-B. 1980. Mores comedy by Mike Leigh with Brenda Blethyn, Philip Davis, Lesley Manville.
Runtime: 95 min.
G.-B. 1971. Dramatic comedy by Mike Leigh with Anne Raitt, Sarah Stephenson, Eric Allan. The gloomy daily life of a secretary, struggling with a disabled sister, a complicated boyfriend, irritating colleagues and strange neighbors.
Runtime: 111 min.

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