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CineSeattle: La Buena Vida / The Good Life
La buena vida / The Good Life
DIRECTORS' FAVORITE
90 Minutes /2008 Chile (*Coproduction Spain, Argentina, UK, France) NW Premiere
Spanish w/English subtitles
Directed by: Andres Wood.
Cast/Elenco: Aline Kuppenheim, Manuela Martelli, Eduardo Paxeco, Manuela Oyarzun, Paula Sotelo, Nestor Corona, Daniel Antivilo, Alfredo Castro, Blgica Castro, Francisco Acua, Jorge Alis, Luis Roque.
In the ensemble narrative form, respected Chilean filmmaker, Andres Wood, created a complex and affectionate patchwork of stories. These stories are about ordinary people struggling to follow their dreams in a despairing world. A social worker teaches prostitutes about safe sex; ironically, her troubled, teenage daughter (a brilliant, brooding performance by Manuela Martelli) becomes pregnant and cant confide in her own mother. The daughter has dreams too; she is secretly writing a novel. A hairdresser applies for car financing through a lonely loan officer, who quietly pines for him. The hairdresser is lonely too, but family obligations stand in the way, leading to a bitter unraveling of their budding romance. An ambitious young clarinetist auditions for the hallowed philharmonic orchestra. Frustrated in this aspiration, he settles for joining the army, and playing with the military band. Home alone, he plays Puccini to fill the void. These small stories of perseverance and frustration are presented with penetrating empathy. Together, they rise to the level of the human comedy of everyday life, in a Chilean metropolis. Though the stories are told in a parallel fashion and intersect in, only, a few, small instances, they coalesce on a different plane. Driven by dissatisfaction and reaction against circumstance, at some point, everyone commits thoughtless acts once deemed unthinkable. They struggle to make their lives work in an unaccommodating world, where mere survival is equated to success.
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LocationLangston Hughes Performing Arts Center
104 17th Ave. S
Seattle, WA 98144
United States
Categories
| Minimum Age: 14 |
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: No |
| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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