Meantime (1983)

6.7/10 • 107 min • Drama Comedy TV Movie

Overview

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.

Cast

Phil Daniels

Tim Roth

Pam Ferris

Gary Oldman

Marion Bailey

Alfred Molina

Tilly Vosburgh

Hepburn Graham

Peter Wight

Eileen Davies

Unemployment Benefit Clerk

Herbert Norville

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