The movie starts with an interview with director Claude Lelouch. He pleads viewers not to disclose the plot of the movie after leaving the projection room. Even the movie's trailer shows ...
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Title: Long Live Life (1984)
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| Charlotte Rampling | ... | Catherine Perrin | |
| Michel Piccoli | ... | Michel Perrin | |
| Jean-Louis Trintignant | ... | François Gaucher | |
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Evelyne Bouix | ... | Sarah Gaucher |
| Charles Aznavour | ... | Edouard Takvorian | |
| Laurent Malet | ... | Laurent Perrin | |
| Tanya Lopert | ... | Julia | |
| Raymond Pellegrin | ... | Barret | |
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Charles Gérard | ... | Charles |
| Anouk Aimée | ... | Anouk | |
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Myriam Boyer | ... | Pauline |
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Patrick Depeyrrat | ... | Taxidriver |
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Maryline Even | ... | A Witness |
| Philippe Laudenbach | ... | Professor Sternberg | |
| Denis Lavant | ... | Caviar delivery man | |
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The movie starts with an interview with director Claude Lelouch. He pleads viewers not to disclose the plot of the movie after leaving the projection room. Even the movie's trailer shows only a long sequence of faces gazing speechlessly in space. "Like all my movies, this one is about a man and a woman", says Lelouch in the interview. Written by Dragomir R. Radev <radev@cs.columbia.edu>
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FrenchRelease Date:
18 April 1984 (France) See more »Also Known As:
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First off, the IMDb rating is criminal. 'Viva La Vie' should be averaging in the highest 7's IMO. On the positive side, going in with such low expectations, I was floored by how cool, and progressive this film is, and it's given me another under-exposed, excellent film to prosthelytize about to fellow film fans.
It's a fascinating film that I'd highly recommend to art house film lovers. I watched this film with a friend who is a fellow cinema fan, who can reasonably often have a different opinion than me on films. He loved it too, and we were both puzzled at the super low average this film has received.
I guess you could say that some people would be a little lost trying to decipher this film, but most should have no problem what so ever. To me, there are Charlie Kaufman qualities to this script. It keeps you guessing what is illusion and what is reality.
The Criterion Collection needs a few Claude Lelouch films, and this one is a prime candidate of a hidden gem. 'Le Voyou' would be a good pick as well. One doesn't want to know much about the plot going in, and Claude Lelouch actually turns up in the film to urge viewers to not spoil it for people who haven't yet seen the film.