C'est la vie (French: La Baule-les-Pins) is a semi-autobiographical 1990 French drama film written and directed by Diane Kurys. Like Peppermint Soda, Cocktail Molotov, and Entre Nous the plot revisits the theme of divorce and its effects. Set in the French beach resort of La Baule-les-Pins in the summer of 1958, it is mainly narrated in voice-over from the thirteen-year-old Frederique's diary.
Synopsis
Durant l'été 1958, Frédérique, 13 ans, et sa petite sœur Sophie, 8 ans, partent comme tous les ans en vacances à La Baule pour aller voir leur oncle Léon, leur tante Bella et leurs cousins. Mais cette année, Léna, leur mère, leur annonce qu'elle ne viendra que plus tard. Frédérique ne trouve pas cette situation normale. En effet, en réalité, Léna ne s'entend plus avec son mari Michel, qui, lui aussi, a décidé de ne pas venir en vacances dans un premier temps. Léna qui souhaite le divorce, est tombée amoureuse de Jean-Claude, un artiste. Les deux amoureux vont à la plage de La Baule, mais leur relation doit rester discrète, alors que, pendant ce temps, les enfants découvrent leurs premiers émois sentimentaux. Mais Michel et leurs enfants Frédérique et Sophie finiront par découvrir assez vite la réalité, avec ses allers-retours un peu étranges et sa nouvelle voiture dont Michel se demande à quoi elle peut bien lui servir.
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