Short / Comedy
UK,
1987, 18 min
Directed by:
Mike LeighScreenplay:
Mike LeighCinematography:
Roger PrattComposer:
Rachel PortmanPlots(1)
A short comedy by Mike Leigh about the romance between a young woman and a man who communicates only through jokes and humor. The story is told as a series of very short vignettes between her and the man and her and her doting mother, a hairdresser. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Alison Steadman
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