Live for Life
(1967)
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Live for Life
(1967)
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| Yves Montand | ... |
Robert Colomb
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| Candice Bergen | ... |
Candice
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| Annie Girardot | ... |
Catherine Colomb
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Irène Tunc | ... |
Mireille
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Anouk Ferjac | ... |
Jacqueline
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Uta Taeger | ... |
Lucie /
Maid
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Jean Collomb | ... |
Le maître d'hôtel /
Waiter
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Michel Parbot | ... |
Michel
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Jacques Portet | ... |
Un ami de Candice /
Photographer
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Louis Lyonnet | ... | |
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Maurice Seveno | ... |
Himself /
En personne
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| Amidou | ... |
Un photographe
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Léon Zitrone | ... |
Le présentateur télé
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Robert Colomb, a famous TV newscaster, is married to Catherine, but is continually unfaithful. He is about to replace his current mistress, Mireille, with Jacqueline when he meets, and becomes fascinated with Candice. He takes her along on an assignment in Kenya and later establishes an "arrangement" with her in Amsterdam. When he tells Catherine about the affair, she is silent. He is assigned to Viet Nam, tells Candice their affair is over and, to his astonishment, discovers that is more than acceptable to her as she as tired of him. Returning from a Vietnamese prison he decides to return also to Catherine, but discovers she has made a new life for herself. He ponders whether he should break into her life again, rekindle their old love or just disappear from her life. While he is pondering, Catherine---a big hand for the little lady---makes the decision for this selfish and conceited ass. Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
I saw the movie when it was theatrically released in 1967.I enjoyed it a lot.But when I saw it again on the telly a few years back,I asked myself:"How could I have come to like that?" I could say the same of all the Lelouch I saw when I was young.Those movies have become dated ,politically correct (with the exception of "la vie l'amour la mort" but it was Lelouch dutifully stepping into the shoes of André Cayatte),sometimes entertaining (le voyou:1970;la bonne année :1974),often so overlooong and pretentious they are almost unbearable (toute une vie:1974;les uns et les autres:1981).
"Vivre pour vivre" is still watchable,at a pinch ,for the actors (the best of the three leads is arguably Annie Girardot).The historical context (the Vietnam war) adds nothing to the psychological plot and dates the movie.