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2008 Fall/Holiday Preview: #14. Happy-Go-Lucky

It will be a new change of scenery for Leigh fans – this is a comedy and has nothing to do with Kitchen Sink films. Hawkins might be dark horse pick for Best Actress.
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Mike Leigh Happy-Go-Lucky

#14. Happy-Go-Lucky

Director/Writer: Mike Leigh
Producers: Simon Channing-Williams (The Constant Gardener)
Distributor: Miramax

The Gist: Described as an improvised modern-day comedy set in London, Sally Hawkins stars as a teacher with an unstoppably sunny disposition. This tracks the jaded but electric Johnny (David Thewlis) on his odyssey through London.

Fact: This is a third time that Hawkins works with Leigh.

See It: It will be a new change of scenery for Leigh fans – this is a comedy and has nothing to do with Kitchen Sink films. Hawkins might be dark horse pick for Best Actress. 

Release Date/Status?: With a most recent stop at TIFF, this is going to be released on October 10th.

 
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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).

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