Mike Leigh

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Director Mike Leigh takes a satirical look at middle-class values in the 70s. Upwardly mobile couple Beverley and Laurence host an informal drinks evening when their neighbour's teenage daughter, Abigail, throws a party. Tensions arise as bored, bitchy housewife Beverley (Alison Steadman) flirts with her new neighbour, patronises his wife, embarasses Abigail's mother Sue and drives her over-stressed husband to the point of no return.<br/><br/><i>Typ: DVD</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Mike Leigh writes and directs this British drama starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Pansy Deacon, a woman suffering with crippling depression and anxiety. Giving in to pressure from her sister Chantelle (Michele Austin) to visit their mother's grave on the fifth anniversary of her death, Pansy reveals to Chantelle that she always felt second in their mother's eyes. As she attempts to come to terms with the root of her issues, Pansy must continue her battle to get out of bed every morning. The cast also includes Sophia Brown, David Webber and Tuwaine Barrett.<br/><br/><i>Typ: DVD</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Mike Leigh writes and directs this British drama starring Imelda Staunton as Vera Drake, a woman devoted completely to her working-class family. She spends her time caring for her elderly mother and sick neighbour, but also secretly visits women with unwanted pregnancies, helping them induce miscarriage. With this practice illegal in 1950s England, Vera risks imprisonment when the authorities discover what she perceives as her selfless acts of charity. The cast also includes Philip Davis, Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan and Daniel Mays.<br/><br/><i>Typ: DVD / Restored</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>British historical drama following the events which culminated in the Peterloo massacre at St. Peter's Field, Manchester in 1819. As the Napoleonic Wars reached an end, political unrest struck the nation as ongoing stretches of famine, unemployment and the introduction of the Corn Laws began to stir the working classes. A demonstration took place on 16th August led by Henry Hunt (Rory Kinnear) with the intention to challenge the government and propose parliamentary reform. Their hopes were soon diminished, however, when a cavalry charged in to the massive crowd, causing the situation to turn deadly.<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Gritty drama written and directed by Mike Leigh. Penny (Lesley Manville) lives on a housing estate in London with her long-term partner, taxi driver Phil (Timothy Spall), and works on the checkout at a supermarket. Their daughter Rachel (Alison Garland) works as a cleaner in a home for elderly people, and their son Rory (James Corden) is unemployed and aggressive. The joy has gone out of Phil and Penny's life, but when Rory becomes ill and has to be rushed to hospital, they begin to rediscover their love. The cast also includes Ruth Sheen, Sally Hawkins and Daniel Mays.<br/><br/><i>Typ: DVD</i>