It Only Happens to Others

Year: 1971

Runtime: 90 mins

Language: French

Director: Nadine Trintignant

Drama

A haunting drama about a couple trapped in grief, Catherine and Marcello live secluded in a candle‑lit home after the death of their nine‑month‑old baby. Refusing to accept the injustice of their loss, they spiral into a slow, inevitable self‑destruction, suggesting that an ending must become a beginning.

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