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The Cost of Living

Original title: Le coût de la vie
  • 20032003
  • 1h 50m
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Le coût de la vie (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.
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
642
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  • Director
    • Philippe Le Guay
  • Writers
    • Jean-François Goyet
    • Philippe Le Guay
  • Stars
    • Fabrice Luchini
    • Vincent Lindon
    • Camille Japy
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  • Director
    • Philippe Le Guay
  • Writers
    • Jean-François Goyet
    • Philippe Le Guay
  • Stars
    • Fabrice Luchini
    • Vincent Lindon
    • Camille Japy
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    • 3User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

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    Fabrice Luchini
    Fabrice Luchini
    • Brettas Brett
    Vincent Lindon
    Vincent Lindon
    • Cowayas Coway
    Camille Japy
    • Milèneas Milène
    Géraldine Pailhas
    Géraldine Pailhas
    • Helenaas Helena
    Isild Le Besco
    Isild Le Besco
    • Laurenceas Laurence
    Lorànt Deutsch
    • Patrickas Patrick
    Claude Rich
    Claude Rich
    • Mauriceas Maurice
    Catherine Hosmalin
    • Karineas Karine
    Nils Hugon
    • Robinas Robin
    Jean-Claude Leguay
    Jean-Claude Leguay
    • Gérardas Gérard
    Fabien Béhar
    • Le manageras Le manager
    Bernard Bloch
    • Richet, l'huissieras Richet, l'huissier
    Chantal Neuwirth
    Chantal Neuwirth
    • Grannyas Granny
    Xavier de Guillebon
    • Denisas Denis
    Daniel Martin
    • Ericas Eric
    Michel Vuillermoz
    • Le banquieras Le banquier
    Agathe Dronne
    • Françoiseas Françoise
    Chloé Mons
    • Martine, l'infirmièreas Martine, l'infirmière
    • Director
      • Philippe Le Guay
    • Writers
      • Jean-François Goyet
      • Philippe Le Guay
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    Some of French cinema's best known faces appear in this light hearted comedy about people's relationships with money.
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      Composed by George Frideric Handel (as Georg Friedrich Händel)

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    1/10
    # 04 : It costs me dear (DVD)
    As always, another French movie without subtitles so if you are hard-of-hearing, you say bye-bye to the story and you dream a day when subtitles would be legally compulsory! But our "democatric" parliament prefers to pass law for consolidating elites, enslaving Internet or erasing freedom of belief!

    Thus this movie transformed in short cuts for me, only looking for the scenes with Geraldine Pailhas because she is among my favorite movie stars. Here, she is Elena, an expensive call girl who maybe falls in love with an abusive penny pincher. It's maybe her first teasing character but she isn't on the front line. Too bad!

    For the rest, the penny grinner is funny because of his pains, his duplicity and his misadventures. Beyond, I can't tell anything except that for one time, the story takes place in Lyon and not in Paris. Oh, it's also funny to see a teen arguing with her parents to work in a restaurant because it happened to me without having 8 millions euros waiting!
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    • Release date
      • July 30, 2003 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Цена жизни
    • Filming locations
      • Centre de Rééducation et de Réadaptation Fonctionnelle La Châtaigneraie, rue Bernard d'Astruc, Menucourt, Val-d'Oise, France
    • Production companies
      • Gimages 6
      • Gimages
      • Les Films des Tournelles
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 50 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby

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