Live for Life
| Live for Life (Vivre pour vivre) | |
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 original film poster | |
| Directed by | Claude Lelouch |
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| Cinematography | Patrice Pouget |
| Edited by | Claude Barrois Claude Lelouch |
| Music by | Francis Lai |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 130 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | $400,000 (US)[1] |
Live for Life(French:Vivre pour vivre) is a 1967 French film directed byClaude LelouchstarringYves Montand,Candice BergenandAnnie Girardot.The film won theGolden Globe for Best Foreign Language Filmand was nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[2]The film had a total of 2,936,035 admissions in France and was the 7th highest-grossing film of the year.[3]
Plot
[edit]Robert Colomb (Yves Montand) is a famous TV newscaster, married to Catherine (Annie Girardot), but continually unfaithful to her. Then he meets, and becomes fascinated with Candice (Candice Bergen). He takes her along on an assignment in Kenya and later establishes an "arrangement" with her in Amsterdam.
He is then assigned to Vietnam, tells Candice their affair is over and discovers that is more than acceptable to her as she is tired of him. Returning from a Vietnamese prison, he decides to return to Catherine, but discovers she has made a new life for herself.
Cast
[edit]- Yves Montandas Robert Colomb
- Candice Bergenas Candice
- Annie Girardotas Catherine Colomb
- Irène Tuncas Mireille
- Anouk Ferjacas Jacqueline
- Uta Taeger as Lucie/maid
- Jean Collomb as Waiter
- Michel Parbot as Michel
- Amidouas Photographer
- Jacques Portet as Candice's friend/photographer
See also
[edit]- List of submissions to the 40th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of French submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
[edit]- ^Tino Balio,United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry,University of Wisconsin Press, 1987 p. 231
- ^"The 40th Academy Awards (1968) Nominees and Winners".oscars.org.Retrieved2011-11-12.
- ^"Vivre pour vivre (1967) - JPBox-Office".
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