C'Est La Vie

Set in 1958, C'EST LA VIE is the third installment, following the immensely popular PEPPERMINT SODA and ENTRE NOUS, of Diane Kurys' absorbing semi-autobiographical trilogy.

Having decided to divorce her husband Michel (Richard Berry), the beautiful Lena (Nathalie Baye) puts her two daughters on a train in Lyon bound for La Baule Les Pins for a seaside vacation. The summer proves an eventful one, with the girls learning all manner of lessons in living. Lena eventually joins her daughters and engages in what she thinks is a secret affair with a young artist, Leon (Jean-Pierre Bacri), though the children observe her dashing off into the night to meet him. The tranq...