Happy Go Lucky

Director: Mike Leigh
118 mins Film4 Archive

Mike Leigh's charming, Oscar-nominated comedy-drama, starring Sally Hawkins

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.

Awards

Happy Go Lucky was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards in 2009.