Life is sweet, Film Four International and British Screen present a Thin Man Film ; a film by Mike Leigh ; produced by Simon Channing-Williams ; written & directed by Mike Leigh
Type
Label
Life is sweet, Film Four International and British Screen present a Thin Man Film ; a film by Mike Leigh ; produced by Simon Channing-Williams ; written & directed by Mike Leigh
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R; for language and a scene of sensuality
Main title
Life is sweet
Oclc number
833454514
Responsibility statement
Film Four International and British Screen present a Thin Man Film ; a film by Mike Leigh ; produced by Simon Channing-Williams ; written & directed by Mike Leigh
Runtime
103
Series statement
The Criterion collection, 659
Summary
An amusing portrait of a working-class family in a suburb just north of London, an irrepressible mum and dad and their night-and-day twins, a bookish good girl and a sneering layabout. 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
Technique
live action
Contributor
- Broadbent, Jim
- Skinner, Claire
- Film Four International
- Brady, Moya
- Horrocks, Jane, 1964-
- Hemming, Lindy
- Pope, Dick, B.S.C.
- Sterritt, David
- Thin Man Films (Firm)
- Leigh, Mike, 1943-
- British Screen
- Chitty, Alison
- Channing-Williams, Simon
- Portman, Rachel
- Thewlis, David, 1963-
- Gregory, Jon, (Film editor)
- Criterion Collection (Firm)
- Rea, Stephen
- Spall, Timothy, 1957-
- Steadman, Alison, 1946-
Genre
Subject
- Films comiques
- Twins -- England -- Drama
- Comedy films
- Suburbs -- England -- Drama
- Working class families -- England -- Drama
- Feature films (I-L)
- Films pour personnes handicapées auditives
- Longs métrages
- Drames (Films)
- Feature films
- Films for the hearing impaired
- Families -- England -- Drama
- Fiction films
- Films de fiction
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- Broadbent, Jim
- Skinner, Claire
- Film Four International
- Brady, Moya
- Horrocks, Jane, 1964-
- Hemming, Lindy
- Pope, Dick, B.S.C.
- Sterritt, David
- Thin Man Films (Firm)
- Leigh, Mike, 1943-
- British Screen
- Chitty, Alison
- Channing-Williams, Simon
- Portman, Rachel
- Thewlis, David, 1963-
- Gregory, Jon, (Film editor)
- Criterion Collection (Firm)
- Rea, Stephen
- Spall, Timothy, 1957-
- Steadman, Alison, 1946-
- Genre10
- Subject14
- Films comiques
- Twins -- England -- Drama
- Comedy films
- Suburbs -- England -- Drama
- Working class families -- England -- Drama
- Feature films (I-L)
- Films pour personnes handicapées auditives
- Longs métrages
- Drames (Films)
- Feature films
- Films for the hearing impaired
- Families -- England -- Drama
- Fiction films
- Films de fiction
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