ASI ES LA VIDA

Arturo RIPSTEIN
  • 2000
  • Un Certain Regard

Julia lives in a gigantic city, dusty and impersonal. Julia is 25, has two children and a husband. Julia never went to college, she is orphaned and unemployed. Julia dedicates her life to everyday medicine: she cures bunions, sore backs and sore souls, she even does abortions when the pregnancy is recent.
Julia is lonely. She has no friends, no family, no roots. The city took them away from her. Julia has only her children, and her husband. Or so she thought. For one day, she finds herself without a husband. And when he goes, so does her old decrepit apartment, her job as a medicine-woman, her pride and her dignity.. On that day, her whole universe falls apart. Shattered. On that day, she is left only with her children, the only witnesses of her husband’s love and later detachment. They s

Directed by : Arturo RIPSTEIN
Country: Mexico, France
Duration: 98 minutes

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ABSCHIED

ABSCHIED

Jan SCHÜTTE
CAPITAES DE ABRIL

CAPITAES DE ABRIL

Maria DE MEDEIROS
DJOMEH

DJOMEH

Hassan YEKPATANAH
EU TU ELES

EU TU ELES

Andrucha WADDINGTON
FAMOUS

FAMOUS

Griffin DUNNE
JACKY

JACKY

Brat LJATIFI, Pyng Hu FOW
LE PREMIER DU NOM

LE PREMIER DU NOM

Sabine FRANEL
LISTA DE ESPERA

LISTA DE ESPERA

Juan Carlos TABIO
LOST KILLERS

LOST KILLERS

Dito TSINTSADZE
NICHIYOBI WA OWARANAI

NICHIYOBI WA OWARANAI

Yoichiro TAKAHASHI
OH! SOO-JUNG

OH! SOO-JUNG

Sangsoo HONG
SAINT-CYR

SAINT-CYR

Patricia MAZUY
THE KING IS ALIVE

THE KING IS ALIVE

Kristian LEVRING
TIERRA DEL FUEGO

TIERRA DEL FUEGO

Miguel LITTIN
WILD BLUE

WILD BLUE

Thierry KNAUFF
WOMAN ON TOP

WOMAN ON TOP

Fina TORRES