''We Won't Grow Old Together'' () is a 1972 French drama film directed by

Maurice Pialat Maurice Pialat (; 31 August 1925 – 11 January 2003) was a French film director, screenwriter and actor known for the rigorous and unsentimental style of his films. His work is often described as " realist",

. Starring

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Jean Yanne Jean Yanne (; born Jean Roger Gouyé ; 18 July 1933 – 23 May 2003) was a French actor, screenwriter, producer, director and composer. In 1972, he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film '' We Won't ...

, and

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, the film is based on a novel of the same name by Pialat. It recounts the end of an affair between a married man who will not leave his wife and a spirited young woman who in the end breaks free. At the

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won the award for Best Actor.

Plot

For six years Jean has been having an affair with Catherine. At the beginning she hoped he would divorce his wife and marry her. But disillusion with the lack of progress in his life and in their relationship, together with growing despair at the waste of her life, has set in. She meets a divorced man with a good job who likes foreign travel, and agrees to marry him. Her family, who supported her through her deepening unhappiness, are delighted. Her rival gone, Jean's wife hints at reconciliation.

Cast

as Catherine *

as Jean *

as Françoise *

Harry-Max Harry-Max (born Maxime Louis Charles Dichamp; 23 November 1901 – 13 March 1979) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than eighty films from 1938 to 1975. Filmography References External links * 1901 births 1979 deaths ...

as Jean's father *

Christine Fabréga Christine Fabréga (8 April 1931 in Paris – 11 June 1988) was a French actress and television personality. Filmography * 1953: ''Le gang des pianos à bretelles'' - un mannequin * 1966: ''Le deuxième souffle (1966 film), Le deuxième sou ...

as Catherine's mother *Jacques Galland as Catherine's father *Patricia Pierangeli as Annie *

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1943 births Living people French male film actors Fr ...

as Michel

Home media

''We Won't Grow Old Together'' was released on DVD and Blu-ray by

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on 8 August 2014.

Reception

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, the film holds a score of 100%, based on nine reviews, with an average rating of 8.2 out of 10. The film's re-issue was penned by critics. ''

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'' wrote "It's deeply upsetting, featuring the kind of emotional brutality we just don't see in movies anymore." Praising the director, ''

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''s

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wrote "Pialat captures the push-and-pull of their impossible relationship with pugnacious images and abrupt editing."

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:We Wont Grow Old Together 1972 drama films Films directed by Maurice Pialat French drama films 1970s French-language films 1970s French films