It Only Happens to Others
- IMDb link: 0068026
- IMDb rating: 6.3 (299 votes) Search
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Nadine Trintignant
- Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Marcello Mastroianni, Serge Marquand, Dominique Labourier and others
- Release date: 29 Oct 1971
- Release year: 1971
- Runtime: 90 minutes
- Country: France, Italy
- Keywords: title directed by female, france, photograph, deneuve and mastroianni, injustice, mother daughter relationship, male protagonist, female body, family relationships, infant
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Catherine and Marcello are secluded in their house, living under the candlelight. Unable to accept the injustice behind the loss of their nine-month-old baby, they face a slow but definite self-destruction.
All Catherine and Marcello ever wanted was a baby. Little Camille, though--the embodiment of their happiness--would die in a hospital, struck by an indescribable disease, despite the doctors' futile efforts. But, how could one understand, and above all, accept such an injustice? After many painful but vain efforts to believe that their baby will never return, the couple slowly falls into self-pity, secluded in a candlelit house-turned-to-prison. In the end, by crossing out words from their dictionary like "irremediable" and "death", will Catherine and Marcello ever be able to accept life's only certainty, and get on with their shattered lives?
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