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Life the Way It Is

Life the Way It Is (1978)

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As a protégé of New Wave giant Eric Rohmer, Jean-Claude Brisseau sought, from the very beginning of his career, to explore sociocultural issues in a head-on, unflinching manner that never shied away from sensitive or uncomfortable details. Brisseau's feature debut, the 1978 La vie comme ça, was shot on 16mm for French television and thus relies on a gritty, unpolished aesthetic. Topically, it plunges into women's rights and labor concerns and thus anticipates the following year's Norma Rae, but

Unrated, 1 hr. 35 min.

Art House & International, Drama

Nov 25, 2008

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Jean-Claude Brisseau's first film, "La vie comme ça", is a radical view on working women (women's rights, sexual harassment) and on the violence in the banlieue parisien in the end of 70's caused by working-class conditions and a lack of better perspectives. There aren't movie theaters, there aren't

February 16, 2011
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