Life is Sweet (1990)
Thin Man/Film Four International/British Screen. Produced by Simon Channing Williams, written & directed by Mike Leigh, photography by Dick Pope, edited by Jon Gregory, designed by Alison Chitty, costumes by Lindy Hemming, music by Rachel Portman, sound by Malcolm Hirst, hair & make-up by Carolyn Walsh and Christine Blundell. With Alison Steadman (Wendy), Jim Broadbent (Andy), Claire Skinner (Natalie), Jane Horrocks (Nicola), Timothy Spall (Aubrey), Stephen Rea (Patsy), David Thewlis (Nicola’s Lover), Moya Brady (Paula), David Neilson (Steve), Harriet Thorpe (Customer), Paul Trussell (Chef), Jack Thorpe Baker (Nigel). 102 mins.
Families, food, love, sex, chocolate, small-time business, restaurants, spoons.


