La Vie, l'amour, la mort (1969)
Directed by Claude Lelouch

Comedy / Drama
aka: Life Love Death

Film Synopsis

François Toledo is being pursued relentlessly by the police.  Only a few days ago he was just an ordinary French man - a worker at a car factory, happily in love with a colleague, Janine.  Yet there is more to François than is first apparent.  He is married and has a little daughter.  He is also traumatised by his sexual inadequacy, a failing that has driven him to strangle three prostitutes...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Claude Lelouch
  • Script: Claude Lelouch, Pierre Uytterhoeven
  • Cinematographer: Jean Collomb
  • Music: Francis Lai
  • Cast: Amidou (François Toledo), Caroline Cellier (Caroline), Janine Magnan (Janine), Marcel Bozzuffi (Le commissaire Marchand), Pierre Zimmer (L'officier de police), Catherine Samie (Julie - la prostituée), Lisette Bersy (Helene - la belle-mère), Albert Naud (L'avocat de la défense), Jean-Pierre Sloan (Le procureur), Nathalie Durrand (Sophie), Sylvia Saurel (Prostituée), Denyse Roland (Prostituée), Rita Maiden (La prostituée en voiture), Pierre Collet (Le bourreau), Albert Rajau (Assistant du bourreau), Jacques Henry (Assistant du bourreau), Jean-Marc Allègre (Assistant du bourreau), Colette Taconnat (Assistante Sociale), Jean Collomb (Le propriétaire du motel), Claudia Morin (La fille du dancing)
  • Country: France / Italy
  • Language: French
  • Support: Black and White / Color
  • Runtime: 115 min
  • Aka: Life Love Death

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