He is a sales rep. She is a secretary. They live in the suburbs but she works in Paris. They don't see much of each other and spend much of their time in commuter trains. They try desperately to change job locations to be more often together, but... The plot is not the important thing in the film ; what makes it emblematic of the early and mid-seventies is the insouciant atmosphere. The '74 oil crisis had not yet morphed into a recession, and life was good - even though it was as hard as ever to find a home near one's workplace (or the reverse) ! Marthe Keller and Jacques Higelin are both excellent. The movie is not an all-time great, but it captures the "zeitgeist" of French life in the Seventies.
Credits
The Suburbs Are Everywhere Cast
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Character |
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Jean-Pierre Darras
He was 45, 71 years old when he died
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as Ducros |
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Jacques Legras
He was 50, 83 years old when he died
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Daniel Prévost
He was 33, now 85 years old
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Victor Lanoux
He was 36, 80 years old when he died
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as Georges |
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Robert Castel
He was 39, now 91 years old
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as Marcel |
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Annie Cordy
She was 44, now 96 years old
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Ginette Leclerc
She was 61, 79 years old when she died
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Marthe Keller
She was 28, now 80 years old
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as Marlène Réval |
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Jacques Higelin
He was 32, now 84 years old
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as Bernard Réval |
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Nathalie Courval
She was 30, now 82 years old
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as Marie |
The Suburbs Are Everywhere Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Gérard Pirès as Director. He was 30 (now 82) years old
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Directing |
