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Actors: Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider, Jean Bouise, Léa Massari, Boby Lapointe
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Things of Life |
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THINGS OF LIFE (Les Choses de la Vie) is a movie directed by Claude Sautet in 1969. The picture was nominated for the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival and won the 1970 Louis Delluc prize. It was remade as "Intersection" in Hollywood by Mark Rydell in 1994 with Richard Gere and Sharon Stone in the main characters.
On his way to a business lunch, the architect Michel Piccoli has a terrible car accident. In a semi-comatose condition, Piccoli remembers the recent events of his life: his relations with Romy Schneider with whom he should leave France and begin a new life in Tunisia, his ex-wife Léa Massari he still appreciates, and the happy times he share with his son.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Things of Life |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- romance (general)
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Brain/Body not working?
- physical disability
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- business executive
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- emotionally unstable
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) average
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Unclothed?
- buttocks and chest
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- German
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
Water?
Yes
Water:
- sail boat
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- seeing nude female butt
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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