A Simple Story (French: Une histoire simple) is a 1978 French drama film directed by Claude Sautet. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Academy Awards.[1] For her role as Marie, Romy Schneider won the 1979 César Award for Best Actress.

A Simple Story
Film poster
Directed by	Claude Sautet
Written by	Jean-Loup Dabadie Claude Sautet
Produced by	Claude Berri Pierre Grunstein Alain Sarde Horst Wendlandt
Starring	Romy Schneider
Cinematography	Jean Boffety
Edited by	Jacqueline Thiédot
Music by	Philippe Sarde
Production companies	France 3 Cinéma Renn Productions Rialto Film Sara Films Société Française de Production
Distributed by	AMLF
Release date	22 November 1978 (1978-11-22)
Running time	107 minutes
Countries	France West Germany
Languages	French English

Plot

Finding herself pregnant at the age of 39, Marie has an abortion without telling her lover Serge, because she has decided she must live without him. Her mother disapproves and so does Gabrielle, one of her workmates. When made redundant, Gabrielle's husband Jérôme takes an overdose but Marie and Gabrielle save his life. To save his job, Marie looks up her ex-husband Georges, who says he will find Jérôme a place. This he does and, when his lover is away, Marie sleeps with him. However, Jérôme's confidence is gone and Georges has to let him go. When he admits this to Marie, she leaves him. After Jérôme in total despair kills himself, Gabrielle moves in with Marie, who finds herself pregnant again, this time by Georges. Going to see him, she realises there is no future with him and says nothing about her state. This time, she tells her workmates, she is going to have and bring up her baby.

Cast

• Romy Schneider as Marie
• Bruno Cremer as Georges
• Claude Brasseur as Serge
• Roger Pigaut as Jérôme
• Arlette Bonnard as Gabrielle
• Francine Bergé as Francine
• Sophie Daumier as Esther
• Éva Darlan as Anna
• Nadine Alari as La gynécologue

See also

• List of submissions to the 52nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of French submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

External links

• A Simple Story at IMDb

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На других языках

[ru] Простая история (фильм, 1978)