Living It Up

Living It Up

Before you give it up, live it up.

R 2000 · 112 min · ★ 5.1 · Drama, Comedy, Romance

Lola, a Mexican waitress working in Madrid, befriends a 30-year-old suicidal man who has borrowed $1,000,000 to spend on his last day on Earth, knowing he will be killed anyway if he fails to return the money. After meeting Lola, however, he decides that life might be worth living after all.

Directed by Antonio Cuadri · Written by Fernando León de Aranoa

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