Happy-Go-Lucky Q&A | Mike Leigh in Conversation

Posted 31 Aug 2023 by George Parsons in

Mike Leigh and Gary Yershon continue our season of live conversations, discussing his 2008 film Happy-Go-Lucky.

Poppy (Sally Hawkins) is an irrepressibly cheerful primary school teacher who won’t let anyone or anything get her down. Living with her flatmate Zoe (Alexis Zegerman), Poppy has a gift for making the most of life. Determined to learn to drive, she finds herself matched with Scott (Eddie Marsan), an uptight driving instructor who is everything she is not.

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