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Thank You, Life is a french film of genre Drama directed by Bertrand Blier released in USA on 13 march 1991 with Charlotte Gainsbourg

Thank You, Life (1991)

Merci la vie

Thank You, Life
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Released in USA 13 march 1991
Length 1h57
OriginFrance
Genres Drama,    Comedy-drama
Rating64% 3.2426353.2426353.2426353.2426353.242635

Merci la vie is a 1991 French film written and directed by Bertrand Blier. It won the César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, and was nominated for Best Film, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Writing and Best Editing.

Synopsis

Naive schoolgirl Camille Pelleveau meets the slightly older and more experienced Joëlle, a promiscuous woman who has just been thrown out of a car by her abusive boyfriend. Camille follows Joëlle as they go on a rampage where she discovers sex as they pick up men. Joëlle also shows Camille the darker side of life, as they start by crashing the men's cars and then decide to take on the whole town. However, medical researcher Dr. Marc Antoine Worms has invented a sexually transmitted disease and used Joëlle as a guinea pig by infecting her with it, so that he could become famous as the discoverer of its cure. Camille eventually learns about AIDS and fears she may have contracted the disease.

Actors

Charlotte Gainsbourg

(Camille Pelleveau)Anouk Grinberg

(Joëlle)Michel Blanc

(Raymond Pelleveau, le père jeune)Jean Carmet

(Raymond Pelleveau, le père âgé)Annie Girardot

(Evangeline Pelleveau, la mère âgée)
And :
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Gérard Depardieu
Catherine Jacob
Thierry Frémont
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