Life Is Sweet

"Life Is Sweet" (1990) is a British comic drama about a working-class family in North London. The family consists of a mother, father, and twin twenty-something daughters, one of whom is bulimic. The other daughter is a plumber who dreams of going to the United States. Much of the film is told from the mother's point of view and she tries to help the bulimic daughter. She also keeps an eye on her husband, who tends to start projects but doesn't finish them.