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Lesley Manville
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Lesley Manville - filmography
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London River
(2009)
Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Sotigui Kouyaté, Lesley Manville
Director: Rachid Bouchareb
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After traveling to London to check on their missing children in the wake of the 2005 terror attack on the city, two strangers come to discover their respective children had been living together at the time of the attacks.
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40%
from 3 members
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Sparkle
(2007)
Starring: Stockard Channing, Shaun Evans, Anthony Head
Director: Tom Hunsinger, Neil Hunter
Certificate: 
Sam is a charming, young chancer who has ambitions in the glamorous world of public relations when he moves to London. However, his best laid plans suffer a real setback when true love turns his world upside down in the most unexpected of circumstances.
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65%
from 18 members
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All Or Nothing
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Alison Garland
Director: Mike Leigh
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Penny's love for her partner, taxi-driver Phil, has run dry. He is a gentle, philosophical guy, and she works on the checkout at a supermarket. Their daughter Rachel cleans in a home for elderly people, and their son Rory is unemployed and aggressive. The joy has gone out of Phil and Penny's life, ..read more »
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63%
from 4,034 members
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Milk
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Dawn French, James Fleet, Phyllida Law
Director: William Brookfield
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This British comedy, written and directed by William Brookfield, stars James Fleet as the middle-aged mama's boy who has just lost his mother. This seemingly tragic event actually leads to good things for the man, whose country neighbors and friends have lots of plans for how he can use his time in ..read more »
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49%
from 161 members
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Topsy-Turvy
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Jim Broadbent, Allan Corduner, Timothy Spall
Director: Mike Leigh
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Director Mike Leigh's high-minded telling of the story of legendary musical team Gilbert & Sullivan is one of the director's most thorough, highly ambitious efforts. Concentrating mainly on the tumultuous period just before the conception and production of the pair's THE MIKADO (first staged in ..read more »
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from 1,819 member
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The Firm
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Gary Oldman, Lesley Manville, Phil Davis
Director: Alan Clarke
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From the director of SCUM, THE FIRM stars Gary Oldman as the leader of a gang of football hooligans called the Inter-City Crew. A brutal look at football violence and urban frustration, Alan Clarke's controversial film features unflinching social commentary.
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61%
from 3,399 members
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Grown - Ups
(1980)
Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Phil Davis, Lindsay Duncan
Director: Mike Leigh
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Interesting comedy-drama in which Dick and Mandy, a young working class couple, move into a council house in Canterbury, and are besieged by some familiar faces.
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61%
from 32 members
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Holding On
(3 discs)
on DVD
Starring: David Morrissey, Phil Daniels, Lesley Manville
Director: Adrian Shergold
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Winner of the BAFTA and RTS awards in 1997, Holding On is Tony Marchant's uncompromising drama of struggle and survival in 1990s London. This is London, claustrophobic, frightening and exhiliarting. Its citizens - trying to thrive or just survive the crime-infested, decaying, paranoied capital - ..read more »
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64%
from 646 members
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Mike Leigh At The BBC
(6 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Roger Sloman, Alison Steadman, Brid Brennan
Director: Mike Leigh
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Hard Labour: Mike Leigh's first TV drama for the BBC in 1973. Shot entirely on location in Leigh's native Salford, Hard Labour depicts the grinding daily routine of stoical domestic cleaner Mrs Thornley and her cantankerous family.
The Permissive Society: The title is ironic - a popular ..read more »
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72%
from 682 members
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Lesley Manville facts
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Masterpiece! 1 December 2005
...o the pub half-way through.
Stunningly good performances from Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville (should have won an Oscar) and the rest of the cast. Masterful camera-work, sc...
Faint hearteds beware 21 February 2007
