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From This Is Us creator Dan Fogelman, Life Itself is a generation-spanning story about love and loss that begins by following Will (Oscar Isaac) a screenwriter spiraling after his pregnant wife, Abby (Olivia Wilde), leaves him. His struggles affect his daughter Dylan (Olivia Cooke), who grows into a troubled young woman in New York City. Her life intertwines with that of Rodrigo (Alex Monner), a traumatized young man who grew up on an olive plantation in Spain. The decisions made by their ancestors ripple through the decades to bring them together.