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Life Is Sweet

  • Movie
  • 1991
  • R
  • 1h 43m

Directed by Mike Leigh

7.0

TMDB audience rating
7.0 out of 10 from 176 votes

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Overview

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.

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Cast and crew

  • Alison Steadman

    Alison SteadmanWendy

  • Jim Broadbent

    Jim BroadbentAndy

  • Timothy Spall

    Timothy SpallAubrey

  • Claire Skinner

    Claire SkinnerNatalie

  • Jane Horrocks

    Jane HorrocksNicola

  • David Thewlis

    David ThewlisNicola's Lover

  • Moya Brady

    Moya BradyPaula

  • Stephen Rea

    Stephen ReaPatsy

  • David Neilson

    David NeilsonSteve

  • Harriet Thorpe

    Harriet ThorpeCustomer

  • Paul Trussell

    Paul TrussellChef

  • Jack Thorpe-Baker

    Jack Thorpe-BakerNigel

Director
Mike Leigh
Writer
Mike Leigh
Music
Julian Wastall and Rachel Portman
Cinematography
Dick Pope