Such Is Life (2000)
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- Genre Drama
- AKA Así es la vida
- Director Arturo Ripstein
- US DVD Release September 25th, 2007
- Country France, Mexico, Spain
Like Lars Von Trier and Pier Paolo Pasolini before him, famed Mexican filmmaker Arturo Ripstein reimagines the ancient Greek myth of Medea for a new context in Así es la vida (2000). Hewing close to the traditional storyline, Ripstein casts Arcelia Ramírez in the role of the troubled heroine--a Mexico City abortionist and mother of two whose life is an unending string of Become a Mr Skin Member and get the full review



