Such Is Life (1939 film)

Such Is Life
Theatrical release poster
Directed byFrancisco Múgica
Written byLuis Marquina
Based onAsí es la vida
by Nicolás de las Llanderas and Arnaldo Malfatti
StarringEnrique Muiño
Elías Alippi
Enrique Serrano
Sabina Olmos
CinematographyJosé María Beltrán
Edited byJuan Soffici
Music byEnrique Delfino
Production
company
Release date
  • 5 August 1939 (1939-08-05)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

Such Is Life (Spanish: Así es la vida) is a 1939 Argentine melodrama film directed by Francisco Múgica and starring Enrique Muiño, Elías Alippi, Enrique Serrano and Sabina Olmos. Based on a successful play of the same title by Nicolás de las Llanderas and Arnaldo Malfatti, it focuses on the history of a bourgeois family from Buenos Aires from the beginning of the 20th century to the present.[1] A Mexican remake Orange Blossom for Your Wedding was released in 1950.[1]

  1. ^ a b Kelly Hopfenblatt, Alejandro (2015). "Aburguesamiento de los cines latinoamericanos: un estudio comparado de Así es la vida y Azahares para tu boda" (PDF). Revista Lindes (in Spanish) (9). Buenos Aires: Claudio Lobeto. ISSN 1853-5798. Retrieved 16 December 2022 – via CONICET.