The Good Life (La Buena Vida)
Thu 9th April 9:00pm Australian Premiere
Andrés Wood, 108 min, Spain/Chile/Argentina/France, 2008. Drama.
Winner of the Best Foreign Film category at the Spanish Academy Awards in 2009. Andrés Wood has garnered wonderful performances in this highly entertaining film about the crossing of fragmented lives of four characters living in Santiago: a psychologist working with prostitutes, a penniless flirtatious male beautician whose goal is to buy a car, a talented clarinetist who dreams of joining the philharmonic and a sick woman unable to look after her baby. The Chilean capital itself becomes a character in this emotional portrait of Chilean society today. Highly recommended for lovers of good cinema.
Cast: Aline Küppenheim, Manuela Martelli, Eduardo Paxeco, Roberto Farías, Manuela Oyarzún, Paula Sotelo, Nestor Corona, Daniel Antivilo, Alfredo Castro, Bélgica Castro, Francisco Acuña, Jorge Alis, Luis Roque
AWARDS
Best Foreign Film Spanish Academy (Goya) Awards 2009
Best Actor Biarritz International Festival of Latin American Cinema 2008
Best Actress Biarritz International Festival of Latin American Cinema 2008
Best Film Huelva Latin American Film Festival Golden Colon Award 2008
Director Special Mention Havana Film Festival 2008
Trailer (subtitles coming soon)




