The Lives We Lead (2015)
- Directed by
- Davo Hardy
- Genre
- LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- Australia
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Rated
- M
- Rating
- 4.9 of 10 from 7 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
Four Australian characters navigate fifty years of their lives, shaped by the pressures and expectations from their childhoods. Two sisters deal with their father's favoritism, a privileged man seeks affection, and a working-class man aims to improve his family's situation.
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What happens
The Lives We Lead is an Australian 2015 drama film directed by Davo Hardy in his feature film directorial debut. It stars Sally Williams, Georgina Neville, Davo Hardy and Josh Wiseman. The plot deals with four characters, as seen over the course of fifty years and through various turns of fortune as they each deal with the attitudes and expectations imposed on them in childhood. Pamela (Williams) and Edith (Neville) are two upper-middle-class sisters, but their widowed father overtly favors one over the other. Gavin (Wiseman) comes from a privileged family, but lacks affection and belonging. And Kerrod (Hardy) is from a working-class family and is the youngest of three, who aspires to provide better for his family than his own father did. The film was well-received by critics and the general public upon its premiere at the Ritz Cinema, Sydney Australia on 2 August 2015, and its DVD release on 13 October 2015, with worldwide distribution via TLA Releasing. It was included in the Australian database of films OzFlix as of April 2017. Amazon re-released the DVD in September 2019. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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