movie poster for BLEAK MOMENTS

Flicks ID

3079

Cert

PG

Running time

106 mins

Country

Language

Format

DVD

BLEAK MOMENTS (1971)

MIKE LEIGH

Plot

Leigh's first film superbly predates 'Nuts In May', 'Abigail's Party' and 'High Hopes'. A tongue-tied schoolteacher, a sherry drinking spinster and a would-be guitarist are the main characters, living absurd and desperate lives against a bleak suburban background. Harrowing and, of course, very black.