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A Simple Story

...it could be yours

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.

1h 47m1978TMDb 6.0

DramaRomance

French

Crew and Cast

Claude SautetClaude SautetDirectorRomy SchneiderRomy SchneiderMarieBruno CremerBruno CremerGeorgesClaude BrasseurClaude BrasseurSergeArlette BonnardArlette BonnardGabrielleSophie DaumierSophie DaumierEstherÉva DarlanÉva DarlanAnnaJacques SereysJacques SereysCharlesMadeleine RobinsonMadeleine RobinsonLa mère
Yves KnappMartinPierre SemmlerPierre SemmlerPatrickJean-François GarreaudJean-François GarreaudChristianPierre ForgetPierre ForgetLe délégué syndical
Michel DebostMichel
Nicolas SempeMaurice
Vera SchroederFrançoiseNadine AlariNadine AlariLa gynécologueFrancine BergéFrancine BergéFrancine
Roger PigautJérôme

Storyline

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.

  • Pathé Renn Productions

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Info

Original title
Une Histoire Simple
Status
Released
Released
22 November 1978
Runtime
1h 47m
TMDB score
6.0 / 10 (58 votes)

Production

Director
Claude Sautet
Writers
Claude Sautet, Jean-Loup Dabadie
Studios
Pathé Renn Productions
Countries
France

Languages

Original
French
Spoken
English, French