''Live for Life'' (french: Vivre pour vivre) is a 1967 French film directed by

Claude Lelouch Claude Barruck Joseph Lelouch (; born 30 October 1937) is a French film director, writer, cinematographer, actor and producer. Lelouch grew up in an Algerian Jewish Family. He emerged as a prominent director in the 1960s. Lelouch gained criti ...

starring

Yves Montand Ivo Livi (), better known as Yves Montand (; 13 October 1921 – 9 November 1991), was an Italian-French actor and singer. Early life Montand was born Ivo Livi in Monsummano Terme, Italy, to Giovanni Livi, a broom manufacturer, Ivo held stron ...

Candice Bergen Candice Patricia Bergen (born May 9, 1946) is an American actress. She won five Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards for her portrayal of the title character on the CBS sitcom ''Murphy Brown'' (1988–1998, 2018). She is also kno ...

and

Annie Girardot Annie Suzanne Girardot (25 October 193128 February 2011) was a French actress. She often played strong-willed, independent, hard-working, and often lonely women, imbuing her characters with an earthiness and reality that endeared her to women und ...

. The film won the

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and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The film had a total of 2,936,035 admissions in France and was the 7th highest-grossing film of the year.

Plot

Robert Colomb (Yves Montand) is a famous TV

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, married to Catherine (Annie Girardot), but continually unfaithful to her. Then he meets, and becomes fascinated with Candice (Candice Bergen). He takes her along on an assignment in

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and later establishes an "arrangement" with her in

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. He is then assigned to

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, tells Candice their affair is over and discovers that is more than acceptable to her as she is tired of him. Returning from a Vietnamese

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, he decides to return to Catherine, but discovers she has made a new life for herself.

Cast

as Robert Colomb *

as Candice *

as Catherine Colomb *

Irène Tunc Irène Tunc (25 September 1935 – 16 January 1972) was a French actress and model. She was crowned Miss France in 1954. She was the wife of film director Alain Cavalier and she died in a car crash in 1972. She appeared in 35 films and telev ...

as Mireille *

Anouk Ferjac Anouk Ferjac (born 25 May 1932) is a French actress. She has appeared in 100 films and television shows between 1946 and 2000. Selected filmography * ''Scandal on the Champs-Élysées'' (1949) * '' Justice Is Done'' (1950) * '' Without Trumpet ...

as Jacqueline * Uta Taeger as Lucie / Maid * Jean Collomb as Waiter * Michel Parbot as Michel *

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as Photographer * Jacques Portet as Candice's friend / Photographer

References

External links

* * 1967 films 1967 romantic drama films French romantic drama films 1960s French-language films Films directed by Claude Lelouch United Artists films Films scored by Francis Lai Best Foreign Language Film Golden Globe winners 1960s French films {{1960s-drama-film-stub

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Cast

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