In This Short Life

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In This Short Life

Director: Britta Sjogren
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"A modernist, experimental film with a strong sense of documentary-like time and place, IN THIS SHORT LIFE works the blurry boundary of fiction/ documentary. Focusing on four intertwined lives - an elderly woman ambivalently
embarking on an affair, a mentally unstable man being evicted from his home, a frustrated actor waiting for his breakthrough and a young woman juggling personal and professional aspirations - the film portrays the small and large struggles of daily life and economic survival. The characters' lives connect in unexpected ways: gradually, their stories intertwine, revealing how the past grips our lives and drives us into our future, often blind to alternatives, and to the needs of those close to us." - Britta Sjogren  IN THIS SHORT LIFE will reward those yearning for an independent feature that does not seek to ape the Hollywood Standard. Britta Sjogren is a director to watch. There is a bonus here for fans of Mark Eitzel and The American Music Club: ten of their tunes are woven into the soundtrack. (2005, 96 min.) S
howing: May 18, 11am,  MTC