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A Simple Story(Movie, 1978)

Original title: "Une Histoire Simple" (French/FR)
1h 47min | Genres: Drama, Romance / Love
A Simple StoryRating: 3.1/5 (with 2020 votes)
A Simple Story (French: Une histoire simple) is a 1978 French drama film directed by Claude Sautet. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Academy Awards. For her role as Marie, Romy Schneider won the 1979 César Award for Best Actress. ()
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Awards & Nominations for A Simple Story

Academy Award for Best International Feature Film César Award for Best Actress

About A Simple Story

Marie is pregnant, but her relationship with her partner Serge is at an end. She decides to abort the child, and then separates from Serge. After a short while she regains contact with her ex-husband, her affection for each other rekindles and Marie decides to continue her pregnancy - although she knows she will continue to be alone.

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Additional Information

Production country: France
Plays in: Paris
Original language: French (FR)
Spoken languages: English (EN), French (FR)
Translated into 11 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Italian (IT), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date GR: 11/22/1978
Director: Claude Sautet
Producer: Horst Wendlandt
Director of Photography: Jean Boffety
Composer: Philippe Sarde
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Une histoire simple"
"Simple Story"

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Other movies with this title: A Simple Story (FR, 1959), A Simple Story (SU, 1960), A Simple Story (TN, 1970), A Simple Story (IT, 1991)

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