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IMITATION OF LIFE

Directed by Douglas Sirk
United States, 1959
Drama, Romance
  • 125125 minutes

Synopsis

Sirk’s last movie in Hollywood, and last commercial picture, is the absolute triumph of melodrama—a coldly brilliant weepie, a tale of two intertwined families in which the materialist optimism is continually counterpointed by an emphasis upon racist tension and the degeneration of family bonds.

Synopsis

Sirk’s last movie in Hollywood, and last commercial picture, is the absolute triumph of melodrama—a coldly brilliant weepie, a tale of two intertwined families in which the materialist optimism is continually counterpointed by an emphasis upon racist tension and the degeneration of family bonds.