Life Is Sweet

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Synopsis: This moving film from Mike Leigh (Topsy-Turvy) is an intimate, invigorating, and amusing portrait of a working-class family in a suburb just north of London-an irrepressible mum and dad (Alison Steadman and Jim Broadbent) and their night-and-day twins, a bookish good girl and a sneering layabout (Claire Skinner and Jane Horrocks). In it, Leigh and his typically brilliant cast create, with extraordinary sensitivity and craft, a vivid, lived-in story of ordinary existence, in which even modest dreams (such as the father's desire to open a food truck) carry enormous weight. Perched on the line between humor and melancholy, Life Is Sweet is captivating, and it was Leigh's first international sensation.

Directed By:	Mike Leigh	Genre:	Comedy / Drama / Foreign
Cast:	Jim Broadbent, Jane Horrocks, Stephen Rea, Claire Skinner, Timothy Spall, Alison Steadman	Year of Production:	1990

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Disc(s) for this Movie:

Life Is Sweet (Criterion Collection) (DVD, NR)

Region: 1
Released: May-28-2013
Run Time: 103 minutes

Life Is Sweet (Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray Disc, NR)

Region: A (Blu-ray)
Released: May-28-2013
Run Time: 103 minutes

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