Such Is Life (1939 film)

Such Is Life
Such Is Life
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Francisco Múgica
Written by	Luis Marquina
Based on	Así es la vida; by Nicolás de las Llanderas and Arnaldo Malfatti
Starring	Enrique Muiño; Elías Alippi; Enrique Serrano; Sabina Olmos
Cinematography	José María Beltrán
Edited by	Juan Soffici
Music by	Enrique Delfino
Production; company	Lumiton
Release date	5 August 1939;
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Argentina
Language	Spanish

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. It is one of the most celebrated films of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema. 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]

^ ^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.