The Good Life (2010)

The Beckmanns used to have more money than they could spend. Now it's all gone. The mother now supports her daughter off a small pension as they share a small apartment in wealthy Cascais, Portugal. The daughter, now in her mid-50s, never needed a job until now; she assures herself that she deserves more from life. Filmmaker Eva Mulvad observes their attempts at making ends meet, their hopes for the future, their malicious confrontations.

Released Nov. 6, 2010 83 min None+

Genres: Documentary, Drama

Keywords: mdblist.two-actors, tmdb.woman-director, imdb.title-directed-by-female, imdb.home-video-footage, imdb.portugal, imdb.archive-footage, imdb.expatriate + 4 more, imdb.unemployment, imdb.mother-daughter-relationship, imdb.riches-to-rags, imdb.daughter