# The Game of Life (2025)

> Five Colombian families spend fourteen years challenging the unequal circumstances that shape their chances of social mobility.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/7507407

## Facts

- Runtime: 95 min
- Genres: Documentary
- Director: Mario Andrés Ruiz Zuluaga
- Cast: Mario Andrés Ruiz Zuluaga, Esther Ballén, Daniela Cruz, Anyi Rodriguez, Mildred Leal, Donny Lozano, Lucero Petro
- TMDB rating: 5.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt41979504/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: none
- Mood: intimate, reflective, hopeful, reflective viewing, social justice programming

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