The Things of Life (AUS) ( Les Choses de la vie ) ( L' Amante )

The Things of Life (AUS) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Les Choses de la vie
Alternate Title: L' Amante
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Subtitles )
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
82 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1970 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )
Switzerland ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Claude Sautet

Written By:
Sandro Continenza
Jean-Loup Dabadie

Actors:
Michel Piccoli ..... Pierre Bérard
Romy Schneider ..... Hélène
Gérard Lartigau ..... Bertrand Bérard
Jean Bouise ..... François
Boby Lapointe ..... Le bétailleur
Hervé Sand ..... Le camionneur
Jacques Richard ..... L'infirmier
Betty Beckers ..... L'autostoppeuse
Dominique Zardi ..... L'autostoppeur
Gabrielle Doulcet ..... Guitte
Roger Crouzet ..... Le promoteur
Henri Nassiet ..... M. Bérard, le père de Pierre
Claude Confortès ..... Le docteur
Jerry Brouer ..... Le prétendant
Jean Gras ..... Georges, le chef de chantier

Synopsis:

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 VieSautet 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.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 16 March, 2009.

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