Thin Man/Film Four International/British Screen. Produced by Simon Channing Williams, written & directed by Mike Leigh, photography by Dick Pope, edited by Jon Gregory, designed by Alison Chitty, costumes by Lindy Hemming, music by Rachel Portman, sound by Malcolm Hirst, hair & make-up by Carolyn Walsh and Christine Blundell. With Alison Steadman (Wendy), Jim Broadbent (Andy), Claire Skinner (Natalie), Jane Horrocks (Nicola), Timothy Spall (Aubrey), Stephen Rea (Patsy), David Thewlis (Nicola’s Lover), Moya Brady (Paula), David Neilson (Steve), Harriet Thorpe (Customer), Paul Trussell (Chef), Jack Thorpe Baker (Nigel). 102 mins.

Families, food, love, sex, chocolate, small-time business, restaurants, spoons.

Won: Best European Film (Bedste europæiske film) – Mike Leigh

Europacinema Academia Italiana 1991

Won: Best Film – Mike Leigh

Independent Spirit Awards 1992

Nominated: Best Foreign Film – Mike Leigh

London Critics Circle Film Awards 1992

Won: British Film of the Year

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 1991

Won: Best Supporting Actress – Jane Horrocks

National Society of Film Critics 1992

Won: Best Film

Won: Best Actress – Alison Steadman

Won: Best Supporting Actress – Jane Horrocks

Taormina Film Festival 1991

Won: Best Film

Won: Taormina Maschera Di Polifermo (awarded for the first time to the whole cast)