C'est la vie (2001)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Jean-Pierre Améris

Writers:

Jean-Pierre Améris (writer)
Caroline Bottaro (book)
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Release Date:

7 November 2001 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Based On Book | Based On Novel

Awards:

3 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Jacques Dutronc	...	Dimitri
Sandrine Bonnaire	...	Suzanne
Emmanuelle Riva	...	Dominique
Jacques Spiesser	...	Jean-Louis
Annie Grégorio	...	Simone
Marilyne Canto	...	Brigitte
Patrick Lizana	...	Paul
Thierry Raso	...	Thierry
Julia Vaidis-Bogard	...	Charlotte
Saïda Jawad	...	Nora
Nathan Pavillon-Barré	...	Thomas
Julie Leibowitch	...	Cécile
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Martine Adinolfi	...	Marcelle
Dominique Baillot	...	Chanteur anniversaire
Florian Bernaux	...	L'enfant à la bougie
Anja Beving-Blanc	...	Liouba
Guy Bocquel	...	Guy
Didier Bourguignon	...	Le danseur
Sylvia Brouillet	...	La fille en bleu
Olivier Capelier	...	Gérard
Brigitte Cattedu	...	Danielle
Frédéric César	...	Le garçon timide
Marc Chamart	...	Le marié
Bénédicte Defrasne	...	Bénédicte
Sébastien Delorme	...	Antoine
Christophe De Lusignan	...	Vincent
Rodolphe Depierre	...	Rodolphe
Martin Dorino	...	Le petit garçon
Franck Galloud	...	Ami de Paul
Jean Garibo	...	Roger
Marie Camille Gaspari	...	La résidente agée
Guy Gauffret	...	Le coiffeur
Jade Georgelin	...	La petite fille
Olivier Gérard	...	Vieux mécano
Bernard Goniche	...	Thomas
Jeanne Grasset	...	L'adolescente
Nadia Haddadi	...	Infirmère
Nathalie Hadj-Chikh	...	Nathalie
Guy Jaën	...	Le père de Paul
Janine Jaën	...	La mère de Paul
Lucien Jean-Baptiste	...	Ambulancier
Nino Kirtadze	...	Elèna
Marion Lehman	...	Marion
Magali Leiris	...	La psychologue (as Magali Leris)
Lola Massue	...	Petite fille de Marcelle
Gustave Matabon	...	Le petit vieux
Marinette Matabon	...	La petite vieille
Noé Metge
Joëlle Pavillon-Barré	...	La Fille de Marcelle
Benoît Royer	...	Ami de Paul
Philippe Semori	...	L'animateur karaoké
Eugène Seroux	...	Le prêtre
Serge Spoddig	...	Le garcon timide
Alaïs Vilbourg	...	Petite fille de Marcelle

Directed by
Jean-Pierre Améris

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jean-Pierre Améris		writer
Caroline Bottaro		book "La mort intime"
Marie Hennezel		novel

Produced by
Philippe Godeau	....	producer

Cinematography by
Yves Vandermeeren

Film Editing by
Martine Giordano

Casting by
Jeanne Biras

Production Design by
Jean-Pierre Clech

Costume Design by
Anne Schotte

Makeup Department
Pierre Chavialle	....	key hair stylist
Sylvie Duval	....	key makeup artist
Marie-Anne Hum	....	key makeup artist
Patrick Inzerillo	....	hair stylist: second unit

Production Management
Christophe Anzoli	....	unit manager
Baudoin Capet	....	production manager
Nicolas Devillers	....	assistant production manager
José Fernandes	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Euric Allaire	....	first assistant director
Nils Hamelin	....	second assistant director
Delphine Lhomme	....	trainee assistant director

Art Department
Rose-Anne Athéa	....	painter
Frédéric Baille	....	property master
Saïd Bakhouche	....	painter
Sylvain Bonnet	....	construction crew
Thierry Calatayud	....	construction crew
François Decaux	....	first assistant decorator: second unit
Cécile Deleu	....	set dresser
Bernard Ducrocq	....	property master: second unit
Michel Dussaubat	....	painter
Frédéric Ethève	....	assistant decorator
Gérard Findji	....	construction crew
Pascal Gras	....	construction crew
Doriane Laurain	....	painter
Ann Moscovici	....	painter
Jean Moulin	....	first assistant decorator
Jean-François Rebillard	....	key painter
Stéphane Rosenbaum	....	painter
Juan-Carlos Soler	....	construction crew
Florence Walkowiak	....	painter
Claudia Wypych	....	painter
Angelo Zamparutti	....	construction manager

Sound Department
Laurent Arnaudies	....	sound recordist
Nicolas Bessières	....	sound trainee
Pascal Chauvin	....	foley artist
Pascal Dedeye	....	foley artist
Nicolas d'Halluin	....	sound recordist
Olivier Dô Hùu	....	sound mixer
Jean-Pierre Duret	....	sound
Dominique Eyraud	....	sound assistant: second unit
Christophe Gagnot	....	sound trainee
Marie Guesnier	....	sound
Dimitri Haulet	....	sound assistant
Jean-Louis Lebras	....	boom operator (as Jean-Louis Le Bras)
Michel Monnier	....	sound consultant: Dolby (as Michel Monier)
Muriel Moreau	....	sound editor
Jean-Max Morise	....	post-synchronisation

Special Effects by
Vincent Athéa	....	special effects
Marc Neyrinck	....	special effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Jean Pierre Ammar	....	electrician: second unit (as Jean-Pierre Ammar)
Eric Aupetit	....	key grip
Séverine Barde	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Farid Ben Maacha	....	electrician
Philippe Bordelais	....	Steadicam operator
Guillaume Desfontaines	....	first assistant camera: second unit (as Guillaume Deffontaine)
Jérôme Doidy	....	grip: second unit
Moune Jamet	....	still photographer
Raphael Jourdan	....	key grip: second unit (as Raphaël Jourdan)
Sébastien Leclercq	....	first assistant camera
Sébastien Lizot	....	electrician
Franck Magnien	....	gaffer
Jean-Philippe Pasquier	....	grip
Vincent Plaidy	....	second assistant camera
Benjamin Sehan	....	second assistant camera: second unit

Casting Department
Raphaëlle Bruyas	....	casting assistant
Luce Nordmann	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Leila Adjir	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Marie Da Costa	....	assistant editor
Patrick Delamotte	....	color timer
Christel Dewynter	....	assistant editor
Erika Haglund	....	trainee assistant editor
Marsan-Bachere	....	color timer (as Matthieu Marsan-Bacheré)
Camille Toubkis	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Valérie Lindon	....	music producer

Other crew
Guy Demazure	....	animal trainer
Hélène Germain	....	production assistant
Béatrice Hureau	....	production assistant
Cécilia Mignon	....	administrator
Delphine Régnier	....	script supervisor
Djamel Sadelin	....	groupman (as Djamel Sadelli)
Anne Serrié	....	production administrator
Marion Sommermeyer	....	production secretary

Production Companies

• Cofimages 12
• France 3 Cinéma
• Gimages 4
• Pan Européenne Production
• Productions René Goscinny

Distributors

• Pan Européenne Distribution

Other Companies

• Car Grip  grip equipment
• Eclair  film lab
• Excalibur  titles and opticals
• Panavision Alga  camera equipment
• Transpalux  electrical equipment

Also Known As:

La mort intime (France) (working title)
La vida (C'est la vie) (Spain) [es]

Runtime:

113 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

France:U | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud)

Company:

Cofimages 12

Soundtrack:

Berceuse pour endormir l'orage

sad and quiet movie about death illness and human love

This is very sad movie that you have to see in a appropriate time of the day. This is very quiet film although its story is about death and illness. But nevertheless, it is full with love and soft human feelings that are seem to be the remedy for all the bitterness and problems of the humanity everywhere. Russian immigrant come to a end his life in a hostel and met there an art teacher who help to the crew, in the house, to treat the patients.She,also,has her own private problems' after her husband died in Paris. The strong feeling you get after the sad end of this little movie is what one of the old lady explain her nephew: "the death is not an ending, but like a little ship that going far away. you never see the ship again but you know she is there".