Merci la vie
Merci la vie is a 1991 French film written and directed by Bertrand Blier. It won the César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, and was nominated for Best Film, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Writing and Best Editing.
Plot
Naive schoolgirl Camille Pelleveau meets the slightly older and more experienced Joëlle, a promiscuous woman who has just been thrown out of a car by her abusive boyfriend. Camille follows Joëlle as they go on a rampage where she discovers sex as they pick up men. Joëlle also shows Camille the darker side of life, as they start by crashing the men's cars and then decide to take on the whole town. However, medical researcher Dr. Marc Antoine Worms has invented a sexually transmitted disease and used Joëlle as a guinea pig by infecting her with it, so that he could become famous as the discoverer of its cure. Camille eventually learns about AIDS and fears she may have contracted the disease.
Cast
- Alain Sachs
- Annie Girardot
- Anouk Ferjac
- Anouk Grinberg
- Brigitte Auber
- Catherine Jacob
- Charlotte Gainsbourg
- Christiane Jean
- Didier Bénureau
- François Perrot
- Gérard Depardieu
- Jacques Boudet
- Jacques Chailleux
- Jacques Seiler
- Jean Carmet
- Jean-Louis Trintignant
- Jean-Michel Dupuis
- Jean Rougerie
- Laurent Gamelon
- Michel Berto
- Michel Blanc
- Philippe Clévenot
- Stéphane Boucher
- Thierry Frémont
- Yves Rénier
More details
| author | Bertrand Blier |
|---|---|
| director | Bertrand Blier |
| editor | Claudine Merlin |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | abusive boyfriend guinea pig medical research pick up promiscuous woman sexually transmitted disease stylize |
| nomination | César Award for Best Actress |
| producer | Jean-Louis Livi |
| publisher | AMLF |