A Simple Story
“...it could be yours”
1978•AL•1h 47m•6.1•Released
DramaRomance
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.
Director
Claude Sautet
Writer
Jean-Loup Dabadie, Claude Sautet
Languages
English, French
Studio
Pathé Renn Productions
Cast
Romy Schneider
Marie
Bruno Cremer
Georges
Claude Brasseur
Serge
Arlette Bonnard
Gabrielle
Sophie Daumier
Esther
Éva Darlan
Anna
Jacques Sereys
Charles
Madeleine Robinson
La mère
Yves Knapp
Martin
Pierre Semmler
Patrick
Jean-François Garreaud
Christian
Pierre Forget
Le délégué syndical
Michel Debost
Michel
Nicolas Sempe
Maurice
Vera Schroeder
Françoise
Production
Company
Pathé Renn Productions
Producer
Horst Wendlandt
Producer
Claude Berri
Producer
Jean-Charles Edeline
Producer
Alain Sarde
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