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Life Is Sweet

Name: Life Is Sweet
Director: Mike Leigh
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1991-03-22
Cast: Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Spall, Claire Skinner, Jane Horrocks

ComedyDrama

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

Alison SteadmanJim BroadbentTimothy SpallClaire SkinnerJane HorrocksDavid ThewlisMoya BradyStephen ReaDavid NeilsonHarriet ThorpePaul TrussellJack Thorpe-Baker

Director

Mike Leigh

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