Such is Life

Así es la vida

Mexico

2000

98 Min

Color

Spanish

Currently 3.0/5 Stars.
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PROD Álvaro Garnica, Laura Imperiale, Jorge Sánchez

CAST Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Arcelia Ramírez, Luis Felipa Tovar, Ernesto Yáñez, Marta Aura

MUSIC David Mansfield, Leoncio Lara

Synopsis

Based on the Greek tragedy MEDEA, this is a present day Mexican version, set in the seediest possible milieu of Mexico City. A woman abandoned by her husband, is thrown out of her apartment by her landlord – who is also her husband’s new father-in-law. She is also about to lose custody of her two children to her husband, a low-life, second-rate boxer and opportunist. With the help of her godmother, she plans to take revenge on her husband. —IMDb

Director

Arturo Ripstein

Arturo Ripstein y Rosen (born December 13, 1943 in Mexico City) is a Mexican film director who got his break into movies working as an uncredited assistant director for Luis Buñuel. In 1965, he directed his first feature, Tiempo de Morir. Written by Carlos Fuentes and Gabriel García Márquez, in which he began a tradition of making independent films written by high-profile Latin-American authors.

Many of his films are shot in tawdry interiors, with bleak brown color schemes, and seedy pathetic characters who manage to achieve a hint of pathos and dignity.

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29May11

can't see what's the use of turning a tragedy into a gross joke with blondes (brunettes in this case). did the idea of this film come after 5 heinekens and a burping contest? i love fearless medeas, but could not squash the bitsiest sympathy for this derisive, "postmodernoid" treatment of the subject.

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29May11

one of the rewarding elements of the movie was its mercilessness towards Jason-Nicolas, so man haters and big lebowski's anti-fans alike, grab it, royal generosity expects you. in portraying the lowest of the losers, it certainly reaches a peak.