Life During Wartime

  • 96'
  • USA
  • 2009
Todd Solondz's Life During Wartime is partly a sequel, partly a variation on his own Happiness (1998), and just like its predecessor a stylised, black, very sad and hilarious picture of the dysfunctional Jordan family - but this time with other actors. The story is set ten years later, but they still haven't come to terms with the previous catastrophic conflicts. In several entangled narrative lines, three sisters wrestle with life and love, pursued by their past and torn between forgetting and forgiving. Sister Joy leaves her husband and seeks solace from her mother and sisters - meanwhile pestered by a dead ex. Sister Trish has to tell her young son that his father is still alive and has served his term as a pederast. Sister Helen meanwhile wallows in the role of victim in the face of the rest of the family and her own Hollywood success. With beautiful camera work by Ed Lachman.


  • 96'
  • USA
  • 2009
Director
Todd Solondz
Country of production
USA
Year
2009
Festival Edition
IFFR 2010
Length
96'
Medium
HDcam
Language
English
Producers
Christine Kunewa Walker, Derrick Tseng
Production Company
Werc Werk Works
Sales
Fortissimo Films
Screenplay
Todd Solondz
Cinematography
Ed Lachman
Editor
Kevin Messman
Production Design
Roshelle Berliner
Music
Doug Bernheim
Cast
Charlotte Rampling
Local Distributor
A-Film Distribution
Director
Todd Solondz
Country of production
USA
Year
2009
Festival Edition
IFFR 2010
Length
96'
Medium
HDcam
Language
English
Producers
Christine Kunewa Walker, Derrick Tseng
Production Company
Werc Werk Works
Sales
Fortissimo Films
Screenplay
Todd Solondz
Cinematography
Ed Lachman
Editor
Kevin Messman
Production Design
Roshelle Berliner
Music
Doug Bernheim
Cast
Charlotte Rampling
Local Distributor
A-Film Distribution