The Things of Life

The Things of Life
Theatrical release poster
FrenchLes Choses de la vie
Directed byClaude Sautet
Screenplay by
Dialogue byJean-Loup Dabadie
Based onIntersection
by Paul Guimard
Produced byRaymond Danon
Starring
CinematographyJean Boffety
Edited byJacqueline Thiédot
Music byPhilippe Sarde
Production
companies
  • Lira Films
  • Sonocam S.A.
  • Fida Cinematografica
Distributed by
  • CFDC (France)
  • Fida Cinematografica (Italy)
Release dates
  • 13 March 1970 (1970-03-13) (France)
  • 18 April 1970 (1970-04-18) (Italy)
Running time
89 minutes
Countries
  • France
  • Italy
  • Switzerland[1]
LanguageFrench

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.[2] The film won the Louis Delluc Prize, and had 2,959,682 admissions in France, becoming the eighth highest-earning film of the year.[3]

  1. ^ "Les choses de la vie". Cineuropa. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  2. ^ Lane, Anthony (20 April 2009). "Backstory". The New Yorker. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Les Choses de la vie (1970)". JPBox-Office. Retrieved 2019-09-04.