Happy-Go-Lucky Overview

Happy-Go-Lucky: A film by Mike Leigh about a happy, carefree, upbeat primary school teacher named Poppy? Surely a joke, or two fingers up to the critics?

It's no secret that Leigh is not on friendly terms with film journalists. The 'Guardian' reported him 'tetchy' at the 2008 Berlin Film Festival premiere of Happy-Go-Lucky...

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