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| Director: | Fernando Huertas | ||
| Cinematography: | Magí Torruella | ||
| Editing: | Fernando Pardo | ||
| Country: | Spain | ||
| Language: | Spanish | ||
| Distributor: | Tri Pictures |
Miserable Life (es|'''Terca vida'''|links=no) is a 2000 Spanish comedy-drama film directed by which stars Santiago Ramos and Luisa Martín alongside Manuel Alexandre, Juan Jesús Valverde, Jorge Bosch, and Lola Dueñas.
Set in a working-class area of Madrid, around Hortaleza, the plot follows a group of people trying to get through their difficult lives by playing (football pools), with their fate pending on the result of a FC Barcelona-Villarreal CF fixture.
The film was produced by Karma Producciones Multimedia, PHF Films, and Vía Interactiva. Shooting locations included Madrid.[1] It boasted a 135 million ₧ budget.
The film premiered at the 26th Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival on 13 November 2000.[2] Distributed by Tri Pictures, it was released theatrically in Spain on 17 November 2000.
Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film to be "a diverting neo-realist excursion into Impossible Dream territory", otherwise featuring "moments of charm and an attractive central idea" but also a "lack of glam".[3]
|-| align = "center" | 2001 || 15th Goya Awards || Best New Actress || Luisa Martín || || [4] |}