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Happy-Go-Lucky Series: 46th New York Film Festival [Sept. 26 – Oct. 12, 2008] Director: Mike Leigh, Country: United Kingdom, Release: 2008, Runtime: 118 You’ve never met a woman in bloom quite as fresh as Poppy Cross, the radiant north Londoner whose militantly upbeat embrace of life is reflected in the title of Mike Leigh’s irresistible new work. Played with star-making sparkle by regular Leigh ensemble player Sally Hawkins (Best Actress at this year’s Berlin Film Festival), Poppy is a single, 30-year-old kindergarten teacher whose relentless optimism is not always welcome. She has to deal with a child being bullied, and she’s unnerved while taking driving lessons by her bitter, racist and damaged instructor (a wonderful Eddie Marsan), as tightly shut as Poppy is trusting and open. Happy-Go-Lucky reveals the British master of ensemble dysfunction at a rich, new creative place, where delight and gratitude are emotions to inspire, rather than to doubt. A Miramax Films release. Mike Leigh b. 1943, Salford, Lancashire, England 2004 Vera Drake NYFF 2001 All or Nothing 1999 Topsy-Turvy NYFF 1997 Career Girls 1996 Secrets & Lies NYFF 1993 Naked NYFF 1992 Two Mikes Don’t Make a Wright (segment: A Sense of History) NYFF 1991 Life Is Sweet 1988 High Hopes NYFF 1987 The Short & Curlies (short) NYFF 1985 Four Days in July (TV) 1984 Meantime (TV) 1973-82 Play for Today (TV, 6 episodes) 1971 Bleak Moments

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