A Simple Story

Year: 1978

Runtime: 107 mins

Language: French

Director: Claude Sautet

DramaRomance

…it could be yours A middle-aged woman leaves her partner and drifts back to her ex-husband, while the lives of her middle class friends intersect with her own.

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