The Things of Life
The Things of Life is a 1970 romantic drama film directed by Claude Sautet, based on the 1967 novel Intersection by Paul Guimard. The film centers around a car accident experienced by Pierre (Michel Piccoli), an architect, and the events before and after it. The film won the Louis Delluc Prize, and had 2,959,682 admissions in France, becoming the eighth highest-earning film of the year.
Plot
The structure of the film involves frequent jumps in time - between the time of, and after, the car crash, and before the crash. The opening sequence jumps between the period immediately after the crash, and the crash itself.
Awards
Cast
- Betty Beckers
- Boby Lapointe
- Christian Bertola
- Claude Confortès
- Clément Bairam
- Dominique Zardi
- Gabrielle Doulcet
- Gérard Lartigau
- Gérard Streiff
- Henri Coutet
- Henri Nassiet
- Hervé Sand
- Isabelle Sadoyan
- Jacques Richard
- Jean Bouise
- Jean Gras
- Jean-Pierre Zola
- Lea Massari
- Lucien Frégis
- Marcelle Arnold
- Marie-Pierre Casey
- Max Amyl
- Michel Piccoli
- Pierre Londiche
- Roger Crouzet
- Romy Schneider
More details
| author | Claude Sautet Jean-Loup Dabadie Paul Guimard Sandro Continenza |
|---|---|
| award | Louis Delluc Prize |
| director | Claude Sautet |
| editor | Jacqueline Thiédot |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | alfa romeo giulietta alfa romeo giulietta sprint car crash drive estranged wife french countryside île de ré le mans make up meet morning open read rennes run teenage son tunis unsent letter wed |
| musicBy | Philippe Sarde |
| producer | Raymond Danon |
| productionCompany | Fida Cinematografica Lira Films Sonocam S.A. |
| publisher | CFDC Compagnie Française de Distribution Cinématographique |
| recordedAt | Paris |
| theme | narrative romantic drama |