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The Good Life is a film of genre Drama directed by Andrés Wood with Manuela Martelli

The Good Life (2008)

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The Good Life (Spanish: La buena vida) is a 2008 Chilean drama film directed by Andrés Wood and written by Mamoun Hassan. The film won the 2008 Goya Award for Best Foreign Film in the Spanish Language.

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Santiago du Chili, aujourd'hui. Teresa, assistante sociale spécialisée dans la contraception, croit tout contrôler dans sa vie jusqu'au jour où elle apprend que sa fille de 15 ans est enceinte. Edmundo, un coiffeur de 40 ans sans ambition vit encore chez sa mère et veut s'acheter une voiture ou... renouveler le caveau familial. Mario, clarinettiste, postule à l'orchestre philharmonique mais finit dans celui des carabiniers. Quant à Patricia, mère d'un jeune bébé, elle se laisse aller à la dérive, emportée par le courant de la vie. Ces habitants se croisent dans la cité en mouvement sans se voir, absorbés par le quotidien de leur propre existence.

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