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Life Is Sweet
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.
1991 · Directed by Mike Leigh · 103 min · Comedy · Drama · 10 frames
Crew
- Written by: Mike Leigh
- Cinematography: Dick Pope
- Edited by: Jon Gregory
- Music: Rachel Portman
- Production design: Alison Chitty
- Produced by: Simon Channing Williams
Cast
- Alison Steadman as Wendy
- Jim Broadbent as Andy
- Timothy Spall as Aubrey
- Claire Skinner as Natalie
- Jane Horrocks as Nicola
- David Thewlis as Nicola's Lover
- Moya Brady as Paula
- Stephen Rea as Patsy
- David Neilson as Steve
- Harriet Thorpe as Customer
Production
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Studios: Thin Man Films, Film Four International, British Screen Productions
- Box office: $1,500,000
- Themes: bulimia, caravan, eccentric, food, working class, class differences, twins, rebellious daughter, eating disorder
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