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Actors: Nathalie Baye, Richard Berry, Zabou, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Vincent Lindon, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about C'est La Vie |
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C'EST LA VIE (La Baule-les-Pins) is a French movie written and directed by Diane Kurys in 1990.
Lena sends her children to La Baule-les-Pins, a beach resort, for the summer holiday. Their nurse accompanies them and they spend most of their time with the family of Bella, Lena's half-sister. In the meantime, Lena has gone to Paris in order to find a job because she doesn't want to come back home to Lyon at the end of the holidays. She doesn't love her husband Michel anymore and wants to divorce him.
When she finally arrives at la-Baule-les-Pins, she tries to explain the situation to her daughters between a rendezvous with her lover Jean-Claude, an artist who has followed Lena all the way to La Baule. Jean-Claude leaves her in order to fly to NYC and, a few days later, it's the turn of Michel, Lena's husband, to make his appearance. Still in love with her, Michel tries to convince Lena to change her mind but the young woman has decided to divorce him.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of C'est La Vie |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- inconveniently married while playing footsy
- marriage going to pieces
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- homemaker/wife
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type
- (woman) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
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) long straight
Body type
- (woman) average
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- small businessman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- seeing breasts
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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