Looks and Smiles

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  • Genre(s):Drama
  • Release year: 1981
  • Running time: 104 min
Loach was awarded the 1981 Young Cinema Award at Cannes for this naturalistic study of one young man’s struggle to find his way in the world set against a backdrop of Thatcherism and the Irish troubles. Based on Barry Hines’ acclaimed novel, and made...read more

Loach was awarded the 1981 Young Cinema Award at Cannes for this naturalistic study of one young man’s struggle to find his way in the world set against a backdrop of Thatcherism and the Irish troubles. Based on Barry Hines’ acclaimed novel, and made at a time when British unemployment was already reaching record levels, Looks and Smiles follows Mick, a teenager looking for work in recession-hit Sheffield. Featuring a cast of unknown leads, with hauntingly lyrical black and white cinematography of bleak industrial scenes, this gritty portrait is as important a film to watch today as it was on first release.

Original Release

09/09/1981

Cast

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Directors

Ken Loach

Writers

Barry Hines

Cast

Producers

Editors

Steve Singleton

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