''Such Is Life'' () is a 2000 Mexican
drama film
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directed by
Arturo Ripstein
Arturo Ripstein y Rosen (born December 13, 1943) is a Mexican film director and screenwriter. Considered the "Godfather of independent Mexican cinema", Ripstein's work is generally characterized by "somber, slow-paced, macabre melodramas tackling ...
. An updated version of Seneca's play ''
Medea
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'', it was screened in the
Un Certain Regard
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The section presents 20 films with unusua ...
section at the
2000 Cannes Film Festival
The 53rd Cannes Film Festival took place from 14 to 25 May 2000. French filmmaker Luc Besson was the Jury President for the main competition. Virginie Ledoyen was the mistress of ceremonies. Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier won the ''Palme d'Or'' ...
.
Cast
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Arcelia Ramírez
Arcelia Ramírez (born 7 December 1967) is a Mexican actress. She has appeared in more than 50 films and television shows since 1985. She starred in the film '' Such Is Life'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2000 Can ...
- Julia
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Patricia Reyes Spíndola
Patricia Verónica Núñez Reyes Spíndola (born 11 July 1953) is a Mexican actress, director, and producer. She has received four Ariel Awards, two for Best Actress ('' Los Motivos de Luz'' in 1985 and '' The Queen of the Night'' in 1994), an ...
- Adela, The Godmother
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Luis Felipe Tovar
Luis Felipe Tovar (born December 2, 1959, in Puebla) is a Mexican performance teacher and actor.
He studied in the Theatre Fine Arts School of Mexico and in the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión de La Habana in Cuba.
He has been awa ...
- Nicolás
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Ernesto Yáñez Ernesto, form of the name Ernest in several Romance languages, may refer to:
* ''Ernesto'' (novel) (1953), an unfinished autobiographical novel by Umberto Saba, published posthumously in 1975
** ''Ernesto'' (film), a 1979 Italian drama loosely ba ...
- La Marrana
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Alejandra Montoya - Teenager
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Marta Aura
Marta Aura (4 September 1942 – 8 July 2022) was a Mexican actress.
Life and career
Aura was born in Mexico City on 4 September 1942, the daughter of Olimpo Aura Pineda and Ema Palacios Ordorica. Her parents did not accept the fact that she wa ...
- (as Martha Aura)
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Daniela Carvajal
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Constanza Cavalli
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Beto Alonso Gil
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Francesca Guillén
Mónica Trueba Guillén (known as Francesca Guillén; born June 14, 1977) is a Mexican film, theater, and television actress.
Biography
Guillén was born in Mexico City on June 14, 1977, the daughter of actor Alejandro Camacho and actress Bárba ...
- Raquel
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Osami Kawano
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Loló Navarro
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Places United States
* Lolo, Montana, a census-designated place
* Lolo Butte, a summit in Oregon
* Lolo Pass (Idaho–Montana)
* Lolo Pass (Oregon)
* Lolo National Forest, Montana
* Lolo Peak, Montana
Elsewhere
* Lolo, C ...
*
Andrés Weiss
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Marco Zapata
References
External links
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2000 films
2000 drama films
2000s Spanish-language films
Adaptations of works by Seneca the Younger
Films directed by Arturo Ripstein
Films scored by David Mansfield
Mexican drama films
2000s Mexican films
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