Looks and Smiles

Looks and Smiles is a 1981 British drama film directed by Ken Loach. It is based on the novel of the same name, written by Barry Hines. The film was entered into the 1981 Cannes Film Festival, where Loach won the Young Cinema Award.

A disadvantaged young man tries to get by in Margaret Thatchers England. Writing in his book The Cinema of Ken Loach, Jacob Leigh comments Looks and Smiles reveals the depression people felt in the industrial North of England in the 1980s but it is as depressing as Micks life. ... Loachs characteristic attention to detail renders the film a period piece.

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