Career Girls

Career Girls is a 1997 British dramatic comedy film written and directed by Mike Leigh which tells the story of two women, who reunite after six years apart. The film stars Katrin Cartlidge and Lynda Steadman. The women were originally thrown together when they shared a flat while at university and the film focuses on their interpersonal relationship.

The film opens in 1996, with Annie Lynda Steadman on the train to London to spend the weekend with Hannah Katrin Cartlidge, her flatmate when at university identified as the Polytechnic of North London six years earlier. Hannah laments to Annie about Hannahs alcoholic mother and Annie tells Hannah about Annies mothers search for a new boyfriend. Annie, who still lives with her mother, admires Hannahs independence. In contrast, Hannah laments being forced to be independent since she was a child.In flashbacks, back in 1986, Hannah and Claire Kate Byers interview and accept Annie into their flat. Hannah makes fun of Annies dermatitis, upsetting her. Later, Annie and Hannah discuss getting rid of Claire the next year. In a fourth flashback, Hannah and Annie discuss how Hannah hasnt cried since she wasand her parents split up. Annie, whose parents also divorced when she was 8, says she cries all the time. The following year, Ricky Burton Mark Benton, a socially awkward stutterer, has temporarily moved in with Hannah and Annie after being kicked out by his landlord. While discussing psychological traits with them in a pub, Rickys untactful probing angers Hannah. While Ricky visits the Chinese restaurant beneath the flat, Annie and Hannah discuss the argument and how Ricky fancies Annie. In another memory, Ricky drunkenly confesses his love for Annie, but Annie says shes in love with someone else. Ricky leaves to go and get Chinese, though it is unlikely to be open in the early hours of Sunday morning. When he doesnt reappear sometime later, Hannah and Annie visit his Nans home in Hartlepool. His Nan tells them that Ricky has gone out, possibly along the sea front, they go to look for him. ........

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