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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
01
Why this pick
Like The Happy Family, it finds warm, gently anarchic comedy in ordinary Britons defending their way of life against disruptive modern development, with an affectionate ensemble and a distinctly early-1950s British texture.
02
Why this pick
Its modest working-class milieu, dry British wit, and escalating mischief echo the affectionate, lightly satirical spirit behind The Happy Family.
03
Why this pick
Another sharp but playful Ealing-era clash between innovation and established livelihoods, balancing social observation with farcical pressure and a very British sense of compromise.
04
Why this pick
A richly observed family-business comedy where domestic loyalties, generational friction, and practical resilience matter as much as the jokes.
05
Why this pick
For a more unruly version of its comic spirit: an ensemble of determined eccentrics turns respectable institutions upside down with brisk, mischievous British humour.
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01 / THE STORY
The House of Lords is a grocery shop that sits on the South Bank of the river Thames close to the site of Royal Festival Hall which is noisily under construction. It is owned by the Lord family, a husband and wife with several children. Lillian Lord runs the shop, while Henry is a British Railways train driver, who has worked on the railways for over 30 years and who is just about to retire. He is looking forward to enjoying a quiet retirement at the family shop looking after his pet hare, Winston, though his spiritualist sister in law Ada has had supernatural visions of "men in black" bringing discord.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Henry Lord
Ada
David
Joan
Marina
Mr. Thwaites
Mr. Filch
Anne