This method added realism to the film, since some actors' off-screen lives paralleled their onscreen roles.

His eventful life paralleled that of the country he served for more than half a century.

Father Lynch's life roughly paralleled the development of organized seismic research.

Of course so many of the details paralleled her own life, that way the story was easy to remember.

Doesn't this guy know his life already parallels the plot of Citizen Kane enough as it is?

Paisiello, whose long life roughly parallels that of Haydn, offers neither shock nor turbulence here.

Their lives have paralleled the rise of the women's movement, which brought women into the work force in unprecedented numbers.

His whole life paralleled mine to an incredible degree, except for one important and glaring difference.

The film steadily balances these two characters, whose lives parallel each other's in ironic ways.

Strange how closely his life had paralleled his father's.