Happy-Go-Lucky
Sally Hawkins made a splash with her breakthrough performance in this surprisingly feel-good foray into (relatively) sunny comedy from Mike Leigh (Naked, Secrets & Lies).
Psychoanalyse & Film
Introduction and discussion in Dutch.
She stars as Poppy, a schoolteacher whose unstoppable optimism guides her life. But as she contends with the more mercurial moods of those around her – including a cranky driving teacher and a fiery flamenco instructor – she finds her carefree outlook put to the test. Punctuating its lighthearted air with moments of cutting humanity, HAPPY-GO-LUCKY offers a winning, irresistibly uplifting consideration of what it means to embrace joy.
Mike Leigh, UK, 2008, 118 min. English spoken, Dutch subtitles.
With Sally Hawkins, Alexis Zegerman, Eddie Marsan, Andrea Riseborough, Sinead Matthews.