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- BFI identifier367440
- Date1990 (Copyright)
1991-03-22 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisA tale of everyday survival in Thatcher's Britain. Andy is a professional chef and part-time DIY enthusiast who buys a decrepit hamburger van. His wife helps out at a restaurant owned by a friend. Of their daughters, Nicola suffers from anorexia which no-one in the family confronts, and is also obsessed with men and Marxism, while Natalie, an apprentice plumber, refuses the stereotyped female image and dreams of escaping to America. (Synopsis)
- Work historyFilmed in Enfield, Middlesex
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Title
Life is Sweet (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/234F-9CAA-3B08-5172-6E0B-RCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
- Collections
- Film / Video
35mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Master
Digital Betacam - Video - Master
Digital Betacam - Video - Master
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view all - ArticlesEmpire n227 May 2008 - Article, InterviewFilm Comment v27 n5 Sep/Oct 1991 - ArticleScreen International n785 1 Dec 1990 - Reviewview all
- Books
- Digital documentsBFI Southbank Programme Notes January 2017
BFI Southbank Programme Notes September 2017
available to view in BFI Reuben Library
- +Life is Sweet
Work - 367440 - 1990 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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