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Release Date:
January 25, 1966
Original Title:
La Vie de château
Alternate Titles:
A Matter of Resistance
Chateau Life
Gracious Living
Genres:
Comedy | Romance
Production Companies:
Ancinex
Cobela Films
Les Productions de la Guéville
Production Countries:
France
Ratings / Certifications:
FR: U
Runtime: 93
In the countryside near Normandy's beaches lives Marie, unhappy. It's 1945, she's married to Jérôme, a somewhat fussy milquetoast, diffident to the war around him and unwilling to move his wife to Paris, where she longs to live, shop, and party. A German outfit is bivouacked at Jérôme and Marie's crumbling château because its commanding officer is pursuing Marie. She's also eyed by a French spy working with the Allies as they plan D-Day. He woos her (posing to the Germans as her brother) and, in his passion, forgets his mission. Heroics come from an unexpected direction, and Marie makes her choice.
Director:
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Director of Photography:
Pierre Lhomme
Editor:
Pierre Gillette
First Assistant Director:
Olivier Gérard
Original Music Composer:
Michel Legrand
Producer:
Nicole Stéphane
Production Design:
Jacques Saulnier
Screenplay:
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Alain Cavalier
Claude Sautet
Daniel Boulanger
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