Product Description LIVING IT UP tells the story of a bus driver who is on the verge of committing suicide when a man offers him some friendly advice: borrow a million dollars from the mafia and do everything he has ever dreamed before ending his life. While spending the money, the bus driver falls in love with a Mexican waitress (Salma Hayek), and realizes that now he has something to live for. The only problem is that in order to live, he now has to pay the mafia the million dollars he has borrowed!! .com The cunning plot of Living It Up walks a line between a romantic comedy and a con-game thriller (like The Sting or The Spanish Prisoner). As a bus driver named Martin (Carmelo Gomez) stands atop a bridge, about to throw himself off, a bystander suggests an alternative: If Martin borrows $100 million from the mob, he can live the high life for a week and then commit suicide--thus getting out of the debt. Martin agrees and immediately starts going to clubs and throwing outrageous parties by inviting everyone on a random page in the phone book. But when he runs into Lola (Salma Hayek), he starts to think life might be worth living after all. Unfortunately, Lola isn't all that she seems... and the week is coming to an end. Gomez is charming, Hayek is luscious, and the sneaky twists and turns of the plot make the film decidedly satisfying. --Bret Fetzer
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