The Things of Life(Movie, 1970)

Name: The Things of Life
Genre: Drama, Romance / Love
Released: 1970
Duration: T01:29:00
Rating: 3.6

Original title: "Les Choses de la vie" (French/FR)

1h 29min | Genres: Drama, Romance / Love

Rating: 3.6/5 (with 98 votes)

The Things of Life (French: Les Choses de la vie) is a 1970 romantic drama film directed by Claude Sautet, based on the 1967 novel Intersection by Paul Guimard. The film centers around a car accident experienced by Pierre (Michel Piccoli), an architect, and the events before and after it. The film won the Louis Delluc Prize, and had 2,959,682 admissions in France, becoming the eighth highest-earning film of the year. ()

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Awards & Nominations for The Things of Life

Louis Delluc Prize

About The Things of Life

The mind of Pierre Bérard, a successful middle-aged architect, is torn between his unstable present with Hélène, his younger lover, and his happy memories of the past with Catherine, his ex-wife; but his true destiny awaits him at a crossroads on his way to Rennes….

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Trailer for The Things of Life + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Les choses de la vie bande annonce Claude Sautet(Trailer, 1:43)

Additional Information

Production countries: Switzerland, France, Italy

Shot in: Paris

Based on: "Intersection" (find it on Amazon)

Derivative works/Adaptions: "Intersection" (movie, 1994)

Made by: Fida cinematografica, Lira Films, Sonocam

Original language: French (FR)

Spoken languages: French (FR)

Translated into 15 languages: Bulgarian (BG), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 08/31/1970 (World premiere: 03/13/1970)

Cast: Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider, Lea Massari, Boby Lapointe, Betty Beckers, Christian Bertola, Claude Confortès, Dominique Zardi, Gabrielle Doulcet, Gérard Lartigau, Gérard Streiff, Henri Coutet, Henri Nassiet, Hervé Sand, Isabelle Sadoyan, Jacques Richard, Jean Bouise, Jean Gras, Jean-Pierre Zola, Lucien Frégis, Marcelle Arnold, Marie-Pierre Casey, Max Amyl, Pierre Londiche, Roger Crouzet, Clément Bairam

Director: Claude Sautet

Screenwriter: Claude Sautet, Jean-Loup Dabadie, Paul Guimard, Sandro Continenza

Film Editor: Jacqueline Thiédot

Director of Photography: Jean Boffety

Composer: Philippe Sarde

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Die Dinge des Lebens"

"Små ting i livet"

"Sellaista on elämä"

"すぎ去りし日の…"

"De små ting i livet"

"Okruchy życia"

"Det bittra ljuva livet"

"These Things Happen"

Keywords: 1970s, extramarital affair, based on novel or book, father son relationship, paris, france, older man younger woman relationship, ex-husband ex-wife relationship

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The Things of Life(Movie, 1970)

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