Life Upside Down

La vie à l'envers

France

1964

92 Min

Black and White

1.66:1

French

Currently 4.0/5 Stars.
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CAST Charles Denner, Anna Gaylor, Guy Saint-Jean, Nicole Gueden, Jean Yanne, Yvonne Clech, Robert Bousquet

MUSIC Jacques Loussier

Venice (In Competition): Best First Work, Italian Film Critics Award, Cannes (Semaine de la critique)

Director

Alain Jessua (b. 16 January, 1932) made an impressive start as a director, winning the Prix Jean Vigo award for his short film Lion la Lune (Leo Moon, 1956), and critical acclaim for his first feature La Vie à l’envers (Life Upside Down, 1964). Subsequent films, such as Jeu de massacre (The Killing Game, 1967) and En toute innocence (No Harm Intended, 1988), have appeared infrequently, but are always highly imaginative and thought provoking. —newwavefilm.com