Such Is Life (1939)
- Original title
- Así es la vida
- Directed by
- Francisco Múgica
- Genre
- musical film, romance film
- Country
- Argentina
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This film follows a bourgeois family from Buenos Aires over several decades from the early 1900s to the 1930s. It shows their joys, struggles, and changes as time passes.
nostalgicwarmsentimentalheartfeltmelodramaticslow-pacedfamilialyearning
What happens
Such Is Life (Spanish: Así es la vida) is a 1939 Argentine melodrama film directed by Francisco Múgica and starring Enrique Muiño, Elías Alippi, Enrique Serrano and Sabina Olmos. It is one of the most celebrated films of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema. Based on a successful play of the same title by Nicolás de las Llanderas and Arnaldo Malfatti, it focuses on the history of a bourgeois family from Buenos Aires from the beginning of the 20th century to the present. A Mexican remake Orange Blossom for Your Wedding was released in 1950. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Puerta cerrada (1939)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.