Life

In Depression-era confinement, a comedy of errors unfolds when two innocents bond over shared misfortune. They pass decades dodging wardens and lousy prison stew, swapping tall tales and actual ones. Sure, the bars never budge, but the jokes do.

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Ted Demme directed Life in 1999. See Ted Demme's full filmography, where to start with Ted Demme, or where to go after you've seen everything by Ted Demme.

Life was released in 1999 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 108 minutes.