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Directed by Mike Leigh

The Short and Curlies

17m

Directed by Mike Leigh • 1987 • United Kingdom

David Thewlis and Alison Steadman star in this 1987 short comedy by Mike Leigh about a romance between a young woman who frequently changes her hairstyle and a young man who communicates only through one-liners.

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