Movie
A Simple Story
Overview
A middle-aged woman leaves her partner and drifts back to her ex-husband, while the lives of her middle class friends intersect with her own.
Details
- Release date
- 1978-11-22
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Pathé Renn Productions
- Country
- France
- Original language
- FR
Cast
- Romy Schneider as Marie
- Bruno Cremer as Georges
- Claude Brasseur as Serge
- Arlette Bonnard as Gabrielle
- Sophie Daumier as Esther
- Éva Darlan as Anna
- Jacques Sereys as Charles
- Madeleine Robinson as La mère
- Yves Knapp as Martin
- Pierre Semmler as Patrick
- Jean-François Garreaud as Christian
- Pierre Forget as Le délégué syndical
Crew
- Claude Sautet - Director
- Claude Sautet - Writer
- Jean-Loup Dabadie - Writer
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