It Only Happens to Others

It Only Happens to Others

1971-10-08 • 1h 30m •
Drama
5.3
User Score
10 votes

"The motion picture that must end...to begin."

Overview

Catherine and Marcello are secluded in their house, living under the candlelight. Unable to accept the injustice behind the loss of their nine-month-old baby, they face a slow but definite self-destruction.

Nadine Trintignant

Director

Nadine Trintignant

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Movie Details

Status

Released

Original Language

fr

Budget

$N/A

Revenue

$N/A

Runtime

1h 30m

Release Date

1971-10-08

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Reviews

Parker

Parker

2024-12-20T18:01:04.988Z

"yesterday, we were good. we lived a normal life without even realizing it." exhausting. the score is anxious and unrelenting. the set design is meticulous, subtley shifting from the messiness of parenthood to the disastrous yet barren mess of depression. the choppy editing shows just how quickly things can change. how quickly you remember that everything isn't as it once was, and the joy you once held fades into nothing. that scene with catherine deneuve screaming and crying in the hospital while marcello mastroianni just falls to the ground will be burned into my mind forever. "so what can you do?" "live for her. breathe for her. laugh for her. one must live. one must live."