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The Things of Life is a french film of genre Drama directed by Claude Sautet released in USA on 31 august 1970 with Michel Piccoli
The Things of Life (1970)
Les Choses de la vie
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Add to a movie listThe Things of Life (French: Les Choses de la vie) is a 1970 French film directed by Claude Sautet. It is based on the novel Intersection by Paul Guimard. It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival. The film was a success in France with 2,959,682 admissions becoming the 8th highest earning film of the year.
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In the French countryside on a summer morning, a lorry full of pigs stalls at a crossroads. An Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint swerves to avoid it and crashes into an orchard, hurling the driver onto the grass. As he loses consciousness, he revisits the essential things which made up his life.Actors
Michel Piccoli
(Pierre Bérard)
Romy Schneider
(Hélène)
Betty Beckers
(The Female Hitchhiker)
Dominique Zardi
(The Male Hitchhiker)
Lea Massari
(Catherine Bérard)
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