# Life Marks

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{{short description|2003 film}}
{{Infobox film
| native_name    = {{Infobox name module|es|La vida mancha|nolink=y}}
| image          = Life Marks poster.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| producer       = {{Plain list|
* [Gerardo Herrero](/source/Gerardo_Herrero)
* Fernando Victoria de Lecea
}}
| director       = [Enrique Urbizu](/source/Enrique_Urbizu)
| writer         = {{ubl|Enrique Urbizu|[Michel Gaztambide](/source/Michel_Gaztambide)}}
| starring       = {{unbulleted list|[José Coronado](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Coronado)|Juan Sanz|Zay Nuba}}
| music          = [Mario de Benito](/source/Mario_de_Benito)
| cinematography = Carles Gusi
| studio        = {{ubl|Tornasol Films|Iberrota Films}}
| distributor    = Alta Films
| released       = {{Film date|df=y|2003|05|09|Spain}}
| runtime        = 107 min
| country        = Spain
| language       = [Spanish](/source/Spanish_language)
}} 
'''''Life Marks'''''<ref name="holland" /> ({{langx|es|'''La vida mancha'''|links=no}}) is a 2003 Spanish drama film directed by [Enrique Urbizu](/source/Enrique_Urbizu), who has also written the screenplay along with [Michel Gaztambide](/source/Michel_Gaztambide), and starring [José Coronado](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Coronado), Juan Sanz and Zay Nuba.

==Plot==
Fito and his wife Juana live in the suburbs of Madrid. He drives a truck for a living and has a gambling problem. Daily, he loses money playing [poker](/source/poker). One day, his older brother, Pedro who had spent his last years living in [London](/source/London) comes back to his homeland and visits Fito's family. This visit will change the life of every member of the family.

== Cast ==
{{Cast listing|
* [José Coronado](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Coronado) as Pedro<ref name="elmundo" />
* {{ill|Zay Nuba|es}} as Juana<ref name="elmundo" />
* Juan Sanz as Fito<ref name="elmundo" />
* Sandro Polo as Jon<ref name="elmundo" />
* [Yohana Cobo](/source/Yohana_Cobo) as Sara<ref name="elmundo" />
* {{ill|Silvia Espigado|es}} as Charo<ref name="elmundo" />
* Alfonso Torregrosa as Larrea<ref name="elmundo" />
* {{ill|Enrique Martínez (actor)|es|lt=Enrique Martínez}} as Visitador<ref name="elmundo" />
* Gabriel Moreno as Camarero<ref name="elmundo" />
* May Pascual as Camarera<ref name="elmundo" />
* {{ill|Cesáreo Estébanez|es}} as Estrada<ref name="elmundo" />
}}

== Production ==
The film was produced by Tornasol Films and Iberrota Films with the participation of [TVE](/source/Televisi%C3%B3n_Espa%C3%B1ola), [Vía Digital](/source/V%C3%ADa_Digital) and [EITB](/source/EITB).<ref name="holland">{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2003/film/reviews/life-marks-1200541756/|website=[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))|title=Life Marks|first=Jonathan|last=Holland|date=12 May 2003}}</ref> Footage was shot in [Madrid](/source/Madrid), specifically in the districts of [Fuencarral-El Pardo](/source/Fuencarral-El_Pardo) and [Barajas](/source/Barajas_(Madrid)).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cityofmadridfilmoffice.com/produccion/la-vida-mancha/|website=City of Madrid Film Office|access-date=13 January 2022|title=La vida marca|publisher=[Madrid Destino Cultura Turismo y Negocio S.A.](/source/Madrid_Destino)}}</ref>

== Release ==
Distributed by Alta Films,<ref name="holland" /> the film was theatrically released on 9 May 2003.<ref name="elmundo">{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/especiales/2004/01/cultura/goya/peli_lavidamancha.html|website=Goya 2004. Especial|access-date=13 January 2022|title=La vida mancha|via=[El Mundo](/source/El_Mundo_(Spain))}}</ref>

== Reception ==
Reviewing for ''[Fotogramas](/source/Fotogramas)'', [Fernando Méndez-Leite](/source/Fernando_M%C3%A9ndez-Leite) rated the film with 4 out of 5 stars, considering it a "strange and evocative approach to an intimate story", highlighting the "elegant" ''[mise-en-scène](/source/mise-en-sc%C3%A8ne)'' by Urbizu, the boldness of the proposal and Coronado's performance to be the best about the film.<ref>{{Cite web|title=La vida mancha|website=[Fotogramas](/source/Fotogramas)|date=29 May 2008|first=Fernando|last=Méndez-Leite|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a9106/la-vida-mancha/|author-link=Fernando Méndez-Leite}}</ref>

Jonathan Holland of ''[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))'' deemed it to be a "delicately impressive, offbeat drama", writing about the "commanding, impassive presence" of Coronado's performance, contrasting with the exuding "freshness and enthusiasm" by Sanz and Nuba.<ref name="holland" />

== See also ==
* [List of Spanish films of 2003](/source/List_of_Spanish_films_of_2003)

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0367203|La Vida Mancha}}

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Category:2003 films
Category:2003 crime thriller films
Category:Spanish thriller films
Category:Films shot in Madrid
Category:2003 Spanish films
Category:2003 Spanish-language films
Category:Tornasol Films films
Category:Films scored by Mario de Benito

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