StudioCanal will release a
five-disc box set with films directed by Claude Sautet. The films in the box set are:
The Things of Life (1970),
César et Rosalie (1972),
Vincent, François, Paul and the Others (1974),
A Few Days with Me (1988),
Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud (1995). The box set will be available for purchase on December 2.
The Things of Life
In the aftermath of a car crash, a man (Michel Piccoli) flashes back on the disparate fragments of his life—chiefly his relationships with wife Léa Massari and mistress Romy Schneider—in the stylish melodrama that cemented Sautet's international reputation. (Synopsis courtesy of Lincoln Center).
César et Rosalie
Yves Montand and Romy Schneider star in this stylish French 'love triangle' drama directed by Claude Sautet. Now in love with successful scrap-metal dealer César (Montand), Rosalie (Schneider) is torn when her former love, David (Sami Frey), suddenly reappears on the scene after a five year absence. When David signals his intention to win her back, César's jealous outbursts end up pushing Rosalie back into her former lover's arms. Not willing to give up on his happiness, however, César soon embarks on a carefully planned charm offensive. But with the two men now vying for her affections, and unable to make up her mind one way or the other, Rosalie realises she may have to bring the situation to a head herself.
Vincent, François, Paul and the Others
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, from whom he's separated, wants a divorce. The strains on the men begin to show particularly in François and Paul's friendship and in Vincent's health. A younger man, Jack, becomes attractive to Lucie, François's wife. Another 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?
A Few Days With Me
Recently discharged from a psychiatric institution, Martial (Daniel Auteuil) has trouble relating to others. His mother tasks him with revitalizing a failing grocery store. He does a terrible job, but meets and falls in love with Francine (Sandrine Bonnaire), the maid of the grocery store manager.
Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud
Nelly (Emmanuelle Beart) leaves her lazy, unemployed husband to work for retired judge Mr Arnaud, forty years her senior, after he offers to clear her bills for her. While she types his memoirs the two develop a close friendship, but Arnaud becomes jealous when Nelly begins dating his good-looking young publisher.