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October Films | Release Date: October 25, 1991
Summary: Just north of London live Wendy, Andy, and their twenty-something twins, Natalie and Nicola. Wendy clerks in a shop, leads aerobics at a primary school, jokes like a vaudevillian, agrees to waitress at a friend's new restaurant and dotes on Andy, a cook who forever puts off home remodeling projects, and with a drunken friend, buys a broken down lunch wagon. Natalie, with short neat hair and a snappy, droll manner, is a plumber; she has a holiday planned in America, but little else. Last is Nicola, odd man out: a snarl, big glasses, cigarette, mussed hair, jittery fingers, bulimic, jobless, and unhappy. How they interact and play out family conflict and love is the film's subject.
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Runtime: 103 min
Rating: Rated R for language and a scene of sensuality
Production: British Screen Productions
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Country: UK
Language: English
Home Release Date: Mar 29, 2005
Director Credit
Mike Leigh Director
Writer Credit
Mike Leigh Writer
Principal Cast Credit
Alison Steadman Wendy
Jim Broadbent Andy
Cast Credit
Claire Skinner Natalie
David Neilson Steve
David Thewlis Nicola's Lover
Harriet Thorpe Customer
Jack Thorpe-Baker Nigel
Jane Horrocks Nicola
Moya Brady Paula
Paul Trussel Chef
Stephen Rea Patsy
Timothy Spall Aubrey
Producer Credit
Simon Channing Williams Producer