Bleak Moments is currently streaming on The Criterion Channel

Bleak Moments (1971)106 minComedy, DramaRating 57/100

Centres around a shy but intelligent middle-class girl, Sylvia, who is barely surviving suburban loneliness while looking after her learning disabled sister Hilda.

Cast: Anne Raitt, Sarah Stephenson, Eric Allan, Joolia Cappleman, Mike Bradwell, Malcolm Smith, Donald Sumpter

Director: Mike Leigh