Living It Up
Drama
A recently laid off steel mill worker in a little seaside town starts losing his wife to a local TV anchor.
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A poignant, grounded look at working-class life in 90s Italy. It captures the quiet desperation and small joys of ordinary people facing unemployment and marital strain with unflinching realism.
melancholicbittersweetgrittyrealisticsteadyneorealistcharacter-driven drama90s Italian cinemainfidelityworking class struggleslosseconomic hardship
infidelityworking classunemploymenttuscany, italylabor unionsteel workersteelworkssteel millunemployment benefitsproletarian1990slocal televisionitalian suburbsstructural povertybittersweet
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