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The Ploughman's Lunch
As the UK begins its military engagement in the Falklands, a BBC news journalist attempts to climb up from his working-class roots, at any cost, lying to those around him to get what he wants, only to discover that he is the recipient of a deception far more clever than his own.
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“An age of deceit... A man of our times”
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- May 30, 1983
- 1h 47m
- English
- Richard Eyre
- Ian McEwan
- Released
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Greenpoint Films
