Bleak Moments

Bleak Moments
Bleak Moments
	Film poster
Directed by	Mike Leigh
Written by	Mike Leigh
Based on	1970 stage play by Mike Leigh
Produced by	Leslie Blair
Starring	Anne Raitt; Sarah Stephenson; Eric Allan; Joolia Cappleman; Mike Bradwell;
Cinematography	Bahram Manocheri
Edited by	Leslie Blair
Production; companies	Autumn Productions; Memorial Films; British Film Institute;
Distributed by	Contemporary Films
Release dates	30 November 1971 (London); 25 May 1972;
Running time	106 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£18,500

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.

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