Live for Life
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Claude Lelouch
Yves Montand
Candice Bergen
Annie Girardot
Irène Tunc
Uta Taeger
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Because his marriage has become stagnant, Robert Colomb, a successful Parisian television news reporter, welcomes out-of-town assignments and the distraction of casual love affairs. Following a chance meeting with Candice, a 22-year-old American model, he accepts an assignment in Kenya and persuades Candice to accompany him. In Africa he films wild animals and a documentary on the training of French mercenaries. Upon his return to Paris a few weeks later, he feels conscience-bound to take his wife, Catherine, on a second honeymoon to Amsterdam. Candice follows them, and Robert, unable to resist the temptation to be with her, pretends to Catherine that he must return to Paris for 2 days because of censorship problems with his African film. In fact, he spends the time at a nearby hotel with Candice. Later, as he and Catherine are on their way home by train, he impulsively confesses his love for Candice, and Catherine gets off the train at Brussels without saying a word. Now free to do as he chooses, Robert takes an apartment in Paris with Candice. But he can neither forget Catherine nor find fulfillment with Candice, and he accepts a dangerous assignment in Vietnam. He is taken prisoner by the Vietcong but ultimately permitted to return to France. By now Candice is back in New York attempting to resume her former life, and Catherine has become a self-sufficient careerwoman. Robert follows her to the ski resort of Alpe d'Huez, where she is vacationing with her new friends, but she discourages his hopes for a reconciliation. As he prepares to leave, however, he finds Catherine waiting for him in his car.
Director
Claude Lelouch
Cast
Yves Montand
Candice Bergen
Annie Girardot
Irène Tunc
Uta Taeger
Jean Collomb
Anouk Ferjac
Michel Parbot
Jacques Portet
Maurice Séveno
Louis Lyonnet
Crew
Robert Amon
Jean Baronnet
Pierre Barouh
Claude Barrois
Jean Beylieu
Jacques Cousty
Georges Dancigers
Thiery Derocles
Michel Deruelle
Christian Gaubert
Daniel Lacambre
Francis Lai
Raymond Le Sénéchal
Claude Lelouch
Claude Lelouch
Claude Lelouch
Denise Lemoigne
Alexandre Mnouchkine
Patrice Pouget
Marie Claude Poyer
Janine Roualt
Yves Saint-laurent
Henri Stern
Pierre Uytterhoeven
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Foreign Language Film
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Opened in Paris in September 1967 as Vivre pour vivre; Italian title: Vivere per vivere. Sources conflict in crediting the role of actress Uta Taeger.
Miscellaneous Notes
1967 Academy Award Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.
1967 Golden Globe Award Winner for Best Foreign Language Film.
Released in France September 1967
Released in United States December 18, 1967
Released in United States Winter December 18, 1967
c DeLuxe
dialogue French
subtitled
Released in France September 1967
Released in United States December 18, 1967 (New York City)
Released in United States Winter December 18, 1967
