Life Is Sweet (1990)

Directed by

Mike Leigh

Genre

drama film, comedy film, art film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

R

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 174 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A working class family in North London goes through everyday ups and downs one summer. The film follows the parents and their two adult daughters through small disappointments and modest joys.

warmobservantgentlegroundeddarkly comicaffectionateslow-burn

What happens

Life Is Sweet is a 1990 British comedy drama film directed by Mike Leigh, starring Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Claire Skinner, Jane Horrocks and Timothy Spall. Leigh's third cinematic film, it was his most commercially successful title at the time of release. A tragi-comic story, it follows the fortunes of a working-class North London family over a few weeks one summer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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