“C’est la vie” (La Baule-Les-Pins) by Diane Kurys (1990)

Movies directed by women

Homage to Diane Kurys (3/6)

Another look at Diane Kurys’ favorite theme: in the 1950s, a middle-aged woman with two daughers leaves her husband and has to start a new life. The way the two sisters experience this period is especially touching without being sentimental.
A great movie in which — to the displeasure of one critic — there’s no right and wrong, there’s no winner and no loser: adults and children just adapt themselves to the circumstances that compose their new life.

Cast: Nathalie Baye, Richard Berry, Zabou Breitman, Frederique Julie Bataille, Candice Lefranc, Vincent London, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi
Directed by Diane Kurys
Written by Diane Kurys, Alain Le Henry
Produced by Alexandre Arcady
Photographed by Giuseppe Lanci
Edited by Raymonde Guyot
Music by Philippe Sarde