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Retrospectives - Mike Leigh
Crew:
Director: Mike Leigh
Screenplay: Mike Leigh
DOP: Bahram Manoochehri
Production: Autumn Productions, Memorial Enterprises, British Film Institute Production Board
Screenplay: Mike Leigh
DOP: Bahram Manoochehri
Production: Autumn Productions, Memorial Enterprises, British Film Institute Production Board
Sylvia, a bored numb secretary, desperately seeks release from the pressure of caring for her 29-year-old mentally ill sister. Sylvia seeks distraction first in an awkward flirtation with a quiet schoolteacher and then with the tenant living in her garage, a disheveled, guitar playing, hippie.
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Cast:
Anne Raitt, Sarah Stephenson, Eric Allan, Joolia Cappleman, Mike Bradwell -
Original Title:
Bleak Moments -
Country:
United Kingdom -
Year:
1971 - 110' Subtitles: Portuguese
Crew:
Director: Mike Leigh
Screenplay: Mike Leigh
DOP: Bahram Manoochehri
Production: Autumn Productions, Memorial Enterprises, British Film Institute Production Board
Screenplay: Mike Leigh
DOP: Bahram Manoochehri
Production: Autumn Productions, Memorial Enterprises, British Film Institute Production Board
Director
Mike Leigh

Mike Leigh, born in 1957, UK, is one of the Britain's most renowned filmmakers. He began his career as a stage director and playwright. His work focuses on ordinary people, their struggles and determination. Leigh's work has been awarded by some of the most prestigious festivals on the international circuit, including the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival for his first feature, Bleak Moments, in 1971, the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1996 for Secrets & Lies, and the Golden Lion for Vera Drake at the Venice Film Festival in 2004, where this year his latest feature, Peterloo, premiered in the Official Competition.