C'est La Vie

C'est La Vie

6.0IMDb Score
Released:1990-02-14
Duration:110 min
Country:France
Director:Diane Kurys
Actors:Nathalie Baye, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Zabou Breitman, Richard Berry, Vincent Lindon
Production:Alexandre Films, Films A2, CNC

Overview:

A story is about young teenage girl, with sister and brothers, a pleasant uncle and aunt, an annoying nanny, a young boy interested in kissing her, a close relationship with the imaginary addressee of her daily diary and her parents' disintegrating marriage - all this in a rented house in a summer resort.

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