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Writers:
Sandro Continenza (dialogue: Italian version)
Jean-Loup Dabadie (adaptation)
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Release Date:
13 March 1970 (France) more
Plot:
Pierre, a successful expert in building highways has a traffic accident. Being seriously wounded, he... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
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(2 articles)
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Claude Sautet always Claude Sautet... more (8 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 |
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Also Known As:
L'amante (Italy)
The Little Things in Life (Hong Kong: English title)
The Things of Life (USA)
These Things Happen (USA)
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Runtime:
89 min
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France | Italy | Switzerland
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.66 : 1 more
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Certification:
Argentina:13 | Finland:K-16 | Hong Kong:I | Sweden:15 | USA:GP | West Germany:16
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Six months'preparation. The sequence of the accident took ten days to film. The film inspired a song performed by Frida Boccara (theme by Telemann): "L'année où Piccoli jouait les Choses de la Vie" more
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Crew or equipment visible: In the car crash scene, the stunt double for Michel Piccoli is seen wearing brown gloves in close-ups. However Piccoli is bare-handed while driving. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Claude Sautet ou La magie invisible (2003) more
Soundtrack:
la chanson d'hélène more
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By watching this 1969 movie, I have just confirmed my opinion about Claude Sautet: that's one Director that takes the expectator "inside the scene" (As seen in his latest work: Nelly and Mr.Arnaud). He has this ability that allows him to "extract" the most of his characters in the psychologic aspect, by showing all the range of their feelings...Take the scene where Pierre Berard (portrayed by Michel Piccoli) tells Héléne (played by Romy Schneider) of his sudden decision of no longer accompany her on a trip planned ages ago. Another scene that worths appears in a record as a "Death Scenes Hall of Fame" is the one in which Pierre lays on the grass, his thoughs exposed as the expectator follows him, in all his emotional suffering. Claude Sautet: a Director that deserves having his name written in the "Hall of Fame of the Greatest Directors of All Times". As an "homage" to him, in a scale of 10, I grade this film 9.