Life is Sweet is the remarkable story of an unremarkable British family told in the classic tragi-comedy style that is uniquely Mike Leigh's. It covers issues of unemployment anorexia failure nervous breakdown and hope as they affect one suburban London family and their friends and acquaintances. The characters and story were created with and by the actors - giving a special edge and momentum to the unfolding events. Leigh's sharply satirical and unsentimentally compassionate view of life strikes a chord with audiences and critics alike. Life is Sweet brings together... an impressive cast - including Alison Steadman ('Let Them Eat Cake') Jim Broadbent ('The Avengers') Jane Horrocks ('Little Voice') and Timothy Spall ('Topsy Turvey') - many of whom have worked with Leigh in the past as has producer Simon Channing-Williams. [show more]
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Mike Leigh directs this British comedy set in a lower-middle class household in a London suburb. Parents Wendy (Alison Steadman) and Andy (Jim Broadbent) and their twin daughters Natalie (Claire Skinner) and Nicola (Jane Horrocks) are a modern family at odds with itself. Whilst Natalie quietly focuses on progressing into the plumbing industry, bulimic Nicola grows increasingly sullen and misanthropic.
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Mike Leigh&39;s compassionate comedy about families food burger bars restaurants chocolate sex anorexia plumbing hope love and much else including spoons Savour Timothy Spall&39;s (All or Nothing Secrets & Lies) hilarious manic restaurateur with his ridiculous recipes Alison Steadman (Fat Friends Abigail&39;s Party) and Jim Broadbent (Iris Topsy-Turvy) as the loving Wendy and Andy and Claire Skinner and Jane Horrocks as their very different twin daughters Also stars Stephen Rea Age Rating 15
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