The real underdog story is how this by-the-numbers film about cross-cultural friendship, tenacity and strong work managed to go the distance without my rolling my eyes too heavily.
A combination of their tenacity, cultural background and vision, Life in Color is a testament of what one good idea can create.
The horse meat fracas has also put a spotlight on the tenacity of cultural and national stereotypes that were supposed to fade away as a new common sense of European identity took hold.
Never just a high-minded cultural patron, he approached art philanthropy with the same tenacity he applied to the business world.
Her huge repertory didn't feature strident protest songs but in love songs and lullabies, party songs and calls for unity there was an indomitable will to survive: a joyful tenacity that could translate as both deep cultural memory and immediate defiance.
Cultural factors loomed large in conversations I had about the tenacity of the old values with Dani Zamir, a sociologist who lives on the kibbutz.
They say he has a pit bull's tenacity, tempered by a gift of gab and a fundamental understanding of different cultural nuances.
