Bleak Moments

Bleak Moments
Film poster
Directed byMike Leigh
Written byMike Leigh
Based on1970 stage play by Mike Leigh
Produced byLeslie Blair
Starring
  • Anne Raitt
  • Sarah Stephenson
  • Eric Allan
  • Joolia Cappleman
  • Mike Bradwell
CinematographyBahram Manocheri
Edited byLeslie Blair
Production
companies
Distributed byContemporary Films
Release dates
  • 30 November 1971 (1971-11-30) (London)[1]
  • 25 May 1972 (1972-05-25)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£18,500[2]

Bleak Moments is a 1971 British comedy-drama film by Mike Leigh in his directorial debut.[3] Leigh's screenplay is based on a 1970 stage play at the Open Space Theatre, about the dysfunctional life of a young secretary.

  1. ^ Bradwell, Mike (8 July 2010). The Reluctant Escapologist: Adventures in Alternative Theatre. Nick Hern Books. p. 90. ISBN 9781854595386.
  2. ^ Alexander Walker, National Heroes: British Cinema in the Seventies and Eighties, Harrap, 1985 p 225
  3. ^ "Bleak Moments". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 23 August 2024.