Life Is Sweet
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A working-class London family — cheerful mum, easygoing dad, and their polar-opposite twin daughters — navigates love, ambition, and dysfunction around the kitchen table.
Why watch: Leigh's first film with cinematographer Dick Pope — the start of a career-long collaboration.
Cast
Alison Steadman as Wendy
Jim Broadbent as Andy
Timothy Spall as Aubrey
Claire Skinner as Natalie
Jane Horrocks as Nicola
David Thewlis as Nicola's Lover
Moya Brady as Paula
Stephen Rea as Patsy
David Neilson as Steve
Harriet Thorpe as Customer
Paul Trussell as Chef
Jack Thorpe-Baker as Nigel
Crew
Mike Leigh — Director
Mike Leigh — Writer
Simon Channing Williams — Producer
Dick Pope — Director of Photography
Jon Gregory — Editor
Sophie Becher — Art Direction
Alison Chitty — Production Design
Lindy Hemming — Costume Design
Rachel Portman — Original Music Composer
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