Main Cast: Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider, Lea Massari, Jean Bouise, Bobby Lapointe
Release Year: 1970
Country: FR/IT
Run Time: 90 minutes
Plot
After laboring in obscurity for several years, French filmmaker Claude Sautet finally struck a responsive chord with moviegoers in Les Choses de la Vie. The plot isn't much: the hero, businessman Michel Piccoli, must choose between his wife and his mistress, two women whom he loves with equal fervor. It is what Sautet does with the material that lifts the film above the ordinary. The director puts the central character's plight in context with his ongoing concerns over his job, his income, and his relationship with his family. In Choses de la Vie Sautet has nothing but the warmest feelings for his characters, which results in more three-dimensionality that might normally be expected in so banal a plotline. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Gerard Lartigau - Bertrand; Marcelle Arnold - Helene's Mother; Jerry Brouer - Suitor; Roger Crouzet - Promoter; Dominique Zardi - Hitchhiker; Jean-Pierre Zola - Helene's Father; Claude Confortes - Doctor; Jacques Richard - Nurse; Henri Nassiet - Pierre's Father; Max Amyl
Credit
Claude Sautet - Director, Jacqueline Thiedot - Editor, Philippe Sarde - Composer (Music Score), Ralph Baum - Production Designer, Jean Boffety - Cinematographer, Jean Bolvary - Producer, Raymond Danon - Producer, Jean-Loup Dabadie - Screenwriter, Claude Sautet - Screenwriter, Paul Guimard - Book Author
