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