Vincent, Francois, Paul & the Others

press release:

VINCENT, FRANÇOIS, PAUL AND THE OTHERS (VINCENT, FRANÇOIS, PAUL ET LES AUTRES): France | 1974 | DCP | 118 min. | French with English subtitles

Director: Claude Sautet; Cast: Yves Montand, Michel Piccoli, Gerard Depardieu

In Sautet’s character-driven and finely-observed drama, three middle-aged buddies (Montand, Piccoli and Serge Reggiani) each struggle with individual problems in love, work, money and personal health. On the weekends, they reunite in the countryside for food, drink and conversation. “Four stars. Enormously satisfying” (Leonard Maltin).

While Cinematheque audiences have recently had the opportunity to discover the great crime and action movies of French auteur Claude Sautet, like Classe tous risques, Max et le ferrailleurs, and The Dictator’s Guns, the director was better known internationally as the director of more quiet, interpersonal dramas and love stories. This October, we will present four recent restorations of three highly acclaimed Sautet features from the 1970s - Les Choses de la vie, César et Rosalie, Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others - and his masterful final feature from 1995, Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud.