Such Is Life
- heavy
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
Heavy, steady, extreme drama / tragedy, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
How every film is hand-scored →After her husband leaves her for a younger woman, the helping of her caring, but cynical godmother, is not enough to prevent Julia from plotting her revenge.
Our read · Such Is Life (2000) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive drama · tragedy entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
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The shape of Such Is Life
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The reading.
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