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Title: Looking for Eric (2009)
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| Steve Evets | ... | Eric Bishop | |
| Eric Cantona | ... | Lui-même (Eric Cantona) | |
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Stephanie Bishop | ... | Lily |
| Gerard Kearns | ... | Ryan | |
| Stefan Gumbs | ... | Jess (as Stephan Gumbs) | |
| Lucy-Jo Hudson | ... | Sam | |
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Cole Williams | ... | Daisy |
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Dylan Williams | ... | Daisy |
| Matthew McNulty | ... | Young Eric | |
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Laura Ainsworth | ... | Young Lily |
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Max Beesley Snr | ... | Eric's Father (as Maxton Beesley) |
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Kelly Bowland | ... | Ryan's Girlfriend |
| Julie Brown | ... | Nurse | |
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John Henshaw | ... | Meatballs |
| Justin Moorhouse | ... | Spleen | |
Eric Bishop, a middle-aged postman working for the Manchester sorting office, is going through a dreadful crisis. For starters, his second life companion has not resurfaced although she was released from prison a few months ago. He is left alone with two stepsons to look after, which is no bed of roses since the two teens disrespect him and keep disobeying him. To make matters worse, Ryan, the older boy, fascinated by Zac, a dangerous gangster, has accepted to hide his gun in Eric's house. On the other hand, he is asked by Sam, his student daughter who has a newborn baby, to get back in touch with Lily, his separated wife. Now, Eric left her not long after she gave back to their daughter. As a result Eric panics - Having lost all his bearings, Eric Bishop soliloquizes face to the poster of his idol, another Eric, French footballer Eric Cantona, when the latter appears just like the genie out of Aladdin's lamp. Through a series of aphorisms peculiar to him, the footballer-philosopher ... Written by Guy Bellinger
I found this film extremely good fun. The plot was a little surreal, but it held you. The acting was excellent and there were lots of laughs. Cantona acquits himself perfectly respectably. As usual with Ken Loach, there was a bleaker side to the fun and the realities of ordinary people's lives were not glossed over or "prettied up". As is also the case with Loach films, one had the sensation that this was not being "acted" by professional luvvies, but conveyed with sincerity. This must be extremely difficult to achieve and I am full of admiration for the skill involved. Manchester United fans and other football followers will enjoy some of the documentary footage. But this is not just a film for football enthusiasts. I thoroughly recommend it.