Product Details

• Actors: Ramirez; Tovar; Spindola
• Directors: Arturo Ripstein
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
• Language: Spanish
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: FACETS
• DVD Release Date: September 25, 2007
• Run Time: 98 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000TGKW58
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #37,548 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Arturo Ripstein, one of Mexico s most outstanding filmmakers, updated the Greek tragedy Medea for this award-winning tale about women who suffer in a man s world.
Poor and uneducated, Julia lives in a seedy barrio in Mexico City where she practices homeopathic medicine and performs abortions to support her family. When her husband abandons her for another woman, Julia's world crumbles. She is thrown out of her apartment by her landlord soon to be her husband's new father-in-law and her children are about to be taken away from her. With the help of her godmother, she plans to take revenge on her low-life, opportunistic husband.
Shot mostly hand-held on DV, SUCH IS LIFE is a timeless tale crafted in an innovative, contemporary style.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1.0 out of 5 stars I never knew that a movie could be so bad, March 1, 2009

By	Lemas Mitchell "Libertarian/ Empiricist" (Chengdu, Sichuan (China)) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This whole film was recorded with a camcorder.

On one hand, it was impressive that the actors could go through such long, babbling dialogues that were a marvel of memory.

On the other hand, the film was so boring that I didn't have time to care.

Save your money. Not only is it not worth any amount of money, but you should consider how much you would need someone to pay you to sit through this film.