It Only Happens to Others
“The motion picture that must end...to begin.”
1971•1h 30m•5.2•Released
Drama
Catherine and Marcello are secluded in their house, living under the candlelight. Unable to accept the injustice behind the loss of their nine-month-old baby, they face a slow but definite self-destruction.
Director
Nadine Trintignant
Writer
Nadine Trintignant
Languages
French
Studio
Marianne Productions
Cast
Catherine Deneuve
Catherine
Marcello Mastroianni
Marcello
Serge Marquand
Le frère de Catherine
Danièle Lebrun
Sophie
Dominique Labourier
Marguerite
Catherine Allégret
La mère dans le parc
Marc Eyraud
Rosa Chiara Magrini
La soeur de Marcello
Benoît Ferreux
La petite fille
Marie Trintignant
Édouard Niermans
Le jeune homme
Michel Gudin
Andrée Damant
L'infirmière
Charles Gérard
Un collègue de Marcello (uncredited)
Claude Pinoteau
Un collègue de Marcello (uncredited)
Production
Company
Marianne Productions
Company
Mars International Productions
Company
Les Films 13
Producer
Henri Michaud
Producer
Claude Lelouch
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