A Simple Story
A Simple Story is a 1978 French drama film directed by Claude Sautet. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Academy Awards. For her role as Marie, Romy Schneider won the 1979 César Award for Best Actress.
Plot
The 39-year-old fashion designer, Marie, has a 16-year-old son named Martin from her first and only marriage, with whom she maintains an open and trusting relationship. She has emotionally distanced herself from her partner, Serge, who has ventured into the fashion industry independently. After careful consideration and without his knowledge, she decides to have an abortion for the child she is expecting from him, and simultaneously to separate from him and live alone. Her mother disapproves of this decision; among her four closest friends, who are all also colleagues, only one vehemently defends the marital bond.
More details
| author | Claude Sautet Jean-Loup Dabadie |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Paris |
| director | Claude Sautet |
| editor | Jacqueline Thiédot |
| events | abortion human pregnancy |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | expect fashion designer fashion industry fresh start live alone meet obsess only way suicide attempt unresolved issues |
| musicBy | Philippe Sarde |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best International Feature Film César Award for Best Actress International Submission to the Academy Awards |
| producer | Alain Sarde Claude Berri Horst Wendlandt Pierre Grunstein |
| productionCompany | France 3 Cinéma Rialto Film |
| publisher | AMLF |