Vincent, Francois, Paul and the others...

TIFF.23 - 3 x 3

Section: 3 x 3
Title: Vincent, Francois, Paul et les autres...
Director: Claude Sautet
Cast: Yves Montand, Michel Piccoli, Serge Reggiani, Stéphane Audran, Gerard Depardieu
Duration: 1h 58m
Country: France
Year: 1974

Three friends face mid-life crises. Paul is a writer who's blocked. François has lost his ideals and practices medicine for the money; his wife grows distant, even hostile. The charming Vincent, everyone's favorite, faces bankruptcy, his mistress leaves him, and his wife wants a divorce. The strains on the men begin to show particularly in François and Paul's friendship and in Vincent's health. A young friend, the boxer Jean, who's like a son to Vincent and whose girlfriend is pregnant, has taken a bout with a merciless slugger. Has happiness eluded this circle of friends?