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Vincent, Fran?ois, Paul and the Others (1974)
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Vincent, Fran?ois, Paul and the Others (1974)
Original name: Vincent, François, Paul… et les autres
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story: 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?
Style: art house, psychological, touching, emotional, realistic, contemplative, semi serious, feel good
Plot: friendship, group of friends, financial problem, small business, small business owner, male bonding, writers, couples, boxer, party, sexuality, country house, male female relationship, marital crisis, flashback, heart attack, weekend, pregnancy, friends, family relations, midlife crisis, adoption, dysfunctional family, infidelity, factory ...
Time: year 1974, 70s
Place: europe, france
Keyword: doctors

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