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The Cost of Living

Original title: Le coût de la vie
  • 20032003
  • 1h 50m
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The Cost of Living (2003)
Comedy
Some of French cinema's best known faces appear in this light hearted comedy about people's relationships with money.Some of French cinema's best known faces appear in this light hearted comedy about people's relationships with money.Some of French cinema's best known faces appear in this light hearted comedy about people's relationships with money.
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    • Philippe Le Guay
    • Jean-François Goyet
    • Philippe Le Guay
  • Stars
    • Fabrice Luchini
    • Vincent Lindon
    • Camille Japy
    • Philippe Le Guay
    • Jean-François Goyet
    • Philippe Le Guay
  • Stars
    • Fabrice Luchini
    • Vincent Lindon
    • Camille Japy
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    • 5Critic reviews
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    Fabrice Luchini
    Fabrice Luchini
    • Brett
    Vincent Lindon
    Vincent Lindon
    • Coway
    Camille Japy
    • Milène
    Géraldine Pailhas
    Géraldine Pailhas
    • Helena
    Isild Le Besco
    Isild Le Besco
    • Laurence
    Lorànt Deutsch
    • Patrick
    Claude Rich
    Claude Rich
    • Maurice
    Catherine Hosmalin
    • Karine
    Nils Hugon
    • Robin
    Jean-Claude Leguay
    Jean-Claude Leguay
    • Gérard
    Fabien Béhar
    • Le manager
    Bernard Bloch
    • Richet, l'huissier
    Chantal Neuwirth
    Chantal Neuwirth
    • Granny
    Xavier de Guillebon
    • Denis
    Daniel Martin
    • Eric
    Michel Vuillermoz
    • Le banquier
    Agathe Dronne
    • Françoise
    Chloé Mons
    • Martine, l'infirmière
      • Philippe Le Guay
      • Jean-François Goyet
      • Philippe Le Guay
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      Composed by George Frideric Handel (as Georg Friedrich Händel)

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    It's about money as a defining characteristic for a personality hence defining the way people deal with love... and life. [Le Coût de la vie] thus tells the stories of four characters, living in Lyon, inside the same narrative circle and with the recurring concern being the relation between their lives, money and love.

    On the whole Brett 'the Scrooge' (Luchini) and Coway 'The Generous Anxious guy' (Lindon) are the more elaborate parts. Well it's always difficult to draw up an original depiction for the scrooge type, or to do well with Vincent Lindon, typecast as the troubled husband, but the actors bring the right emotion to the screen in the right moments. In between those adults proceedings you've got the parts of a junior (Isild Le Besco) and a senior (Claude Rich) character, both more anecdotic even after we're told a little more about them in the end.

    Skipping from one story to the other brings a good pace right from the start. It creates a lively atmosphere but it also brings about frustration when you just happen to catch a glimpse from one character to jump to something else. It's like you'd end up flying over all those people not really caring for them, just waiting for some funny thing to happen.

    Eventually the big flaw with that kind of narration is you never get somewhere. You got in the train with nice people then you get off: it was a nice trip but not an affair to remember. Once and again a case of "Slices of life vs. slices of cake."
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      • July 30, 2003 (France)
      • France
      • French
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      • Centre de Rééducation et de Réadaptation Fonctionnelle La Châtaigneraie, rue Bernard d'Astruc, Menucourt, Val-d'Oise, France
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      • Gimages 6
      • Gimages
      • Les Films des Tournelles
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    • 1 hour 50 minutes
      • Color
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