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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children Movie Release: 1990 DVD Release: 03/04/2003 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: French Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 38 mins Studio: MGM Members Wishing: 5 Genres: Comedy Drama, Coming-of-Age

One might assume that the original title of this French production was C'est La Vie. Wrong: the film was initially released as La Baule-les-Pins, then distributed to English speaking countries under a more "understandable" French cognomen. The film is set during a deceptively idyllic summer. Two young girls are fascinated bystanders as their parents' marriage dissolves and their mother takes up with a younger man. What might have been material for tear-stained drama in an American film is treated with perceptive humor in C'est La Vie. Director Diane Kurys cowrote the screenplay with Alain Le Henry. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Nathalie Baye - Lena
Richard Berry - Michel
Zabou - Bella
Jean-Pierre Bacri - Leon
Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi - Odette

C'est La Vie, French director Diane Kurys' 1990 companion piece to her popular film Entre Nous, comes to DVD from MGM with a widescreen anamorphic transfer. The Dolby Digital Surround soundtrack is rendered in the original French language with optional subtitles available in English, Spanish, and French. Closed captions are accessible. Special features are limited to the original theatrical trailer and trailers for other MGM titles. This disc is recommended for viewers feeling nostalgic for a summertime romance in France during the '50s that they may or may not have actually experienced. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide