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Life Is Sweet

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IMDB ID: tt0100024

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Just north of London live Wendy, Andy, and their twenty-something twins, Natalie and Nicola. Wendy clerks in a shop, Andy is a cook who forever puts off home remodeling projects, Natalie is a plumber and Nicola is jobless. This film is about how they interact and play out family, conflict and love.

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Alison Steadman

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Jim Broadbent

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Timothy Spall

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Claire Skinner

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Jane Horrocks

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David Thewlis

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Moya Brady

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Stephen Rea

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David Neilson

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Harriet Thorpe

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Mike Leigh

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Mike Leigh

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