Trailer

Meantime (1983)

Comedy Drama TV Movie

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.

Updated May 20 2020

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london, england skinhead sibling relationship working class east end dole

FACTS

Runtime: 102 mins Rating: 6.8

Cast

Gary Oldman

Coxy

Alfred Molina

John

Tim Roth

Colin

Pam Ferris

Mavis

Peter Wight

Estate Manager

Phil Daniels

Mark

Marion Bailey

Barbara

Paul Daley

Rusty