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Life According to Muriel

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Life According to Muriel (1997)

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Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: After her husband leaves her, Laura and her daughter Muriel decide to leave Buenos Aires for a vacation in the country. After an accident causes them to lose all of their belongings, they make... After her husband leaves her, Laura and her daughter Muriel decide to leave Buenos Aires for a vacation in the country. After an accident causes them to lose all of their belongings, they make their way to an old hotel run by Mirta and her children. Laura and Mirta work together to make ends meet, but their newfound tranquility is interrupted by the reappearance of Muriel's father. A touching story of childhood and family, and winner the award for Best Film at the Argentina Critics Awards. [More]

Starring: Jorge Perugorria, Florencia Camiletti, Soledad Villamil, Ines Estevez

Starring: Jorge Perugorria, Florencia Camiletti, Soledad Villamil, Ines Estevez

Director: Eduardo Milewicz

Director: Eduardo Milewicz
Screenwriter: Susana Silvestre, Eduardo Milewicz

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  • Abandoned by her husband, Laura takes her nine year old daughter, Muriel, and leaves the hectic life of Buenos Aires bound for the tranquility of Argentina's countryside. When they lose all their belongings in a freak accident, Muriel and her mother are taken in by a suspicious proprietor of a run down hotel, Mirta who has children of her own. Through struggles and hardships, the two women form a makeshift family only to have it threatened by the reappearance of Muriel's father...told through the eyes of a child.
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    A fairly standard female bonding picture.

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