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La Crise

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La Crise
Directed byColine Serreau
Written byColine Serreau
Produced byAlain Sarde
StarringVincent Lindon
Patrick Timsit
Zabou Breitman
Michèle Laroque
CinematographyRobert Alazraki
Edited byCatherine Renault
Music bySonia Wieder-Atherton
Distributed byAMLF
Educational Pictures
Release date
  • 1992 (1992)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office$14.1 million

La crise (French: The Crisis), is a 1992 French film written and directed by Coline Serreau.

Synopsis

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Victor is a legal advisor who finds himself abandoned by his wife and fired the same day. He tries to seek comfort from different friends and family members, but everyone he meets is concerned with their own problems. His morale begins to falter when he realizes that no one cares about him. He meets Michou, a simple but clingy homeless man, who is the only person to listen to him.

Victor gradually realizes that his own egocentric attitude is responsible for the lack of consideration from those close to him, and he slowly adopts a different attitude. He hires Michou as his assistant, though the latter is less than competent. In the final scene, Victor finds his wife, who had wanted to get away from him for a while, and the film ends with doubts that their relationship will continue.

Through the successive dialogues between the different protagonists that Victor meets, the film addresses various themes such as modern medicine and the overconsumption of drugs, blended families, adultery, racism, junk food, and the fear of old age.

Cast

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Awards and nominations

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List of awards and nominations[1]
Year Award Category Recipient Result
1993 César Award César Award for Best Writing Coline Serreau Won
César Award for Best Film Coline Serreau Nominated
César Award for Best Actor Vincent Lindon Nominated
César Award for Best Supporting Actor Patrick Timsit Nominated
César Award for Best Supporting Actress Maria Pacôme Nominated
César Award for Best Supporting Actress Michèle Laroque Nominated
César Award for Best Supporting Actress Zabou Breitman Nominated
Festival de Gramado Best Editing Catherine Renault Won
Best Latin Film Coline Serreau Nominated
1994 Peñíscola Comedy Film Festival Best Film Coline Serreau Won

References

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  1. ^ "La Crise". imdb.com. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
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