- Status: Completed
- Score: 7/10
- Director: Mike Leigh
- Country: UK
- Year: 2008
- Duration: 118 min
- Genres: Comedy,Drama,Romance,
- Production:
A look at a few chapters in the life of Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London schoolteacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her.
Poppy Cross is happy-go-lucky. At 30, she lives in Camden: cheeky, playful, frank while funny, and talkative to strangers. She’s a conscientious and exuberant primary-school teacher, flatmates with Zoe, her long-time friend; she’s close to one sister, and not so close to another. In this slice of life story, we watch her take driving lessons from Scott, a dour and tightly-wound instructor, take classes in flamenco dance from a fiery Spaniard, encounter a tramp in the night, and sort out a student’s aggressive behavior with a social worker’s help. Along the way, we wonder if her open attitude puts her at risk of misunderstanding or worse. What is the root of happiness?
Sally Hawkins, Alexis Zegerman, Sinead Matthews, Sarah Niles, Joseph Kloska, Anna Reynolds, Trevor Cooper, Philip Arditti, Elliot Cowan, Andrea Riseborough, Kate O'Flynn, Eddie Marsan, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Nonso Anozie, Karina Fernandez,
