Meantime

IMDb 6.7 1983 • 107 min • DramaComedy

Director

Mike Leigh

Country

GB

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Phil Daniels
Phil Daniels Mark
Tim Roth
Tim Roth Colin
Jeffrey Robert
Jeffrey Robert Frank
Pam Ferris
Pam Ferris Mavis
Gary Oldman
Gary Oldman Coxy