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Life Is Sweet. Directed by Mike Leigh • 1990 • United Kingdom. Starring Claire Skinner, Jane Horrocks, Jim Broadbent. This invigorating film from Mike Leigh was his first international sensation. Melancholy and funny by turns, it is an intimate portrait of a working-class family in a suburb just north of London—an irrepressible mum and ...
Synopsis. Just north of London live Wendy, Andy, and their twenty-something twins, Natalie and Nicola. Wendy clerks in a shop, Andy is a cook who forever puts off home remodeling projects, Natalie is a plumber and Nicola is jobless. This film is about how they interact and play out family, conflict and love.
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Oct 24, 1991 · Overview. Just north of London live Wendy, Andy, and their twenty-something twins, Natalie and Nicola. Wendy clerks in a shop, Andy is a cook who forever puts off home remodeling projects, Natalie is a plumber and Nicola is jobless. This film is about how they interact and play out family, conflict and love. Mike Leigh. Director, Writer.
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May 26, 2013 · Picture 10/10. Mike Leigh’s Life Is Sweet makes its debut on disc in North America from Criterion, having only been available on VHS previously. Their new Blu-ray presents the film in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1 on a dual-layer disc with a new 1080p/24hz high-definition transfer.
Feb 19, 2014 · Wendy and Andy (Alison Steadman and Jim Broadbent) and their twin daughters (Jane Horrocks and Claire Skinner) live in North London. One daughter is a spitti...
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Jun 14, 2018 · The two live in close quarters and high tension with their twin daughters—a serene butch plumber (Claire Skinner) and a compulsive leftist shut-in (Jane Horrocks)—while a cycle of bumbling ...
