Tranches de vie (1985)
Directed by François Leterrier

Drama
aka: Slices of Life

Film Synopsis

A film consisting of a series of sketches.  Une nuit inoubliable: the exploits of three phoney womanisers.  Dialogue au sommet: the perils and pitfalls of being a translator between the Republic of Africa and the USSR.  Un livre, c'est personnel: which would you lend most readily, a book or your wife?  Mission impossible: a space mission is jeopardised by a family row.  Paris sera toujours Paris: a journalist meets a very special Parisian.  La France profonde: a farming couple is asked to give their opinion on the sexual revolution.  Le sixième sens: a student is torn between two fiancées.  Question de vocabulaire: what is the difference between eroticism and pronography?  Les âmes mortes: a Frenchman visits his Russian cousin behind the Iron Curtain.  Le meilleur ami de l'homme: the happy idyll of a bourgeois pair is threatened by a dog...
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Film Credits

  • Director: François Leterrier
  • Script: Gérard Lauzier
  • Cinematographer: Eduardo Serra
  • Music: Jean-Claude Petit
  • Cast: Laura Antonelli (Monica Belli, la star), Michel Boujenah (Michel Lambert), Jean-Pierre Cassel (Le comte de Forcheville), Christian Clavier (L'ami du dragueur), Jean-Pierre Darroussin (L'ami du dragueur), Audrey Dana (La femme dans le lit), Annie Grégorio (La journaliste), Luis Rego (L'interprète), John Levis (Le dictateur noir), Constantin Kotlarow (Le ministre soviétique), Catherine Alric (La belle partouzeuze), Jaques Maury (L'ami des livres), Marie-Anne Chazel (La femme astronaute), Roland Giraud (Jean, l'astronaute), Pierre Mondy (Le Président), Daniel Prévost (Le présentateur TV), Jean Rougerie (Le téléspectateur), Daniel Langlet (Le savant), Claire Magnin (La savante), Josiane Balasko (La parisienne)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 90 min
  • Aka: Slices of Life

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