4 Movies Directed by Claude Sautet

The Things of Life

The Things of Life

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1970-03-13

Languages:

French

Countries:

France, Italy, Switzerland

Runtime:

89 min

Rated:

GP

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (2496 Reviews)

Director:

Claude Sautet

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Sandro Continenza (dialogue: Italian version)

Jean-Loup Dabadie (adaptation)

Paul Guimard (novel)

Paul Guimard (screenplay)

Claude Sautet (adaptation)

Fullplot:

Pierre, a successful engineer in building highways has a traffic accident. Being seriously wounded, he is lying waiting for death and remembering his past in flashbacks.

Cèsar and Rosalie

Cèsar and Rosalie

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1972-10-27

Languages:

French

Countries:

France, Italy, West Germany

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (1536 Reviews)

Director:

Claude Sautet

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Jean-Loup Dabadie (scenario)

Claude Sautet (scenario)

Claude Nèron (in collaboration with)

Fullplot:

Rosalie is amicably divorced, dividing her time between her mother's house, with her siblings and small daughter, and Cèsar's. He's self made, a scrap iron king, outgoing, amiable, in love with her. Enter David, an artist and Rosalie's flame before her marriage. In a quiet, brooding way, he seeks to reclaim Rosalie. Cèsar's jealous outbursts and attempts at cunning backfire and send Rosalie into David's arms. Cèsar keeps trying: he buys Rosalie's childhood seaside vacation home as a gift, wins her back, then must ask David to join them so Rosalie will be happy. When Rosalie discovers Cèsar and David's complicity, she again asserts her freedom, leaving the men alone together.

Un Coeur en Hiver

Un Coeur en Hiver

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-06-04

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

105 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (6888 Reviews)

Director:

Claude Sautet

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Claude Sautet (scenario and dialogue)

Jacques Fieschi (scenario and dialogue)

Jèrème Tonnerre (scenario collaborator)

Yves Ulmann (collaborating writer)

Fullplot:

Beautiful violin virtuoso Camille has two obsessions: the music of Ravel, and a friend of her husband's who crafts violins. But his heart seems to be as cold as her playing is passionate.

Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud

Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-06-21

Languages:

French

Countries:

France, Italy, Germany

Runtime:

106 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (3188 Reviews)

Director:

Claude Sautet

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Jacques Fieschi

Claude Sautet

Yves Ulmann

Fullplot:

When Nelly, a woman being just divorced, meets by chance M. Arnaud, a mature salesman just retired, begins a strange and special relationship between the two personalities.

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