C'est la vie !

2017

1h 57m

Comedy

Drama

List

81%

Tomatometer

36 Reviews

60%

Audience Score

100+ Ratings

When a luxury wedding celebration in a 17th-century French castle gets terribly out of control, waiters and photographers witness a monstrosity.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

Despite a fine, fun, multicultural ensemble cast, not every character and subplot here is gold, but the film breezes along so amiably that its weaker moments never grate. It's a shame that such an obvious crowd-pleaser is getting such a limited release.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 10, 2018

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Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

Think of the melting-pot mirth of mingling social strata in The Marriage of Figaro, then subtract Mozart.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 29, 2018

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Wenlei Ma

News.com.au

It's a mad farce - but the fun, chuckle-worthy kind.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 19, 2018

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Lara Ben-Ameur

Espinof

An excessive length that ends in a hasty and manic way leaves this work even more in evidence as a banquet that lacks seasoning. [Full Review in Spanish]

Jul 30, 2019

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Andiee Paviour

Nobody's Reading This But Me

As the eye of the celebratory storm of a grand wedding reception in a French chateau, fed-up planner Max is tossed every which way by forces beyond his control.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 7, 2019

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C.J. Prince

The Cinessential

For the most part, it's the talent both in front of and behind the camera that keeps C'est la vie going, pulling off its pick and mix of clichés with enough skill to make it passable like comfort food.

Jun 5, 2019

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Wodtraveller

Love this kind of comedies, jus exquisite! Real French Cinema.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/12/23

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Audience Member

Gentle, feel-good comedy. Lots of interesting characters and running gags. Loads of chuckles and some full on laughs. Really enjoyable

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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Audience Member

Regular comedia francesa de situaciones .

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Audience Member

"Le sens de la fête" is French comedy done right. Hilarious dialogues, fun characters and very good choice of actors in a film that moves tirelessly without missing a beat. It is not graced by the life-affirming abandon of Toledano and Nakache's breakthrough "Intouchables" (2011) or even the follow-up "Samba" (2014), but it too has its small moments of resonance while remaining by far a refreshingly side-splitting endeavor.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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mauro l

Once upon a time there was Jacques Tati with "Playtime" (1967), a poetic, polite, elegant, intelligent, delicate social satire. A commercial thud. Instead today France has this stuff here. A triumph at the box office. (Mauro Lanari)

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Tiefgang sollte man nicht erwarten, es werden auch nicht wenige Klischees bedient! Aber die Schauspieler sind hervorragend, und der Film hat viel Charme und macht gute Laune! Einen Kinobesuch auf jeden Fall wert!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Eric Toledano

Director

Olivier Nakache

Director

Jean-Pierre Bacri

Max Angély

Jean-Paul Rouve

Guy

Gilles Lellouche

James

Vincent Macaigne

Julien

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Synopsis

When a luxury wedding celebration in a 17th-century French castle gets terribly out of control, waiters and photographers witness a monstrosity.

Director: Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache
Producer: Nicolas Duval-Adassovsky, Yann Zenou, Laurent Zeitoun
Screenwriter: Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache
Production Co: La Compagnie Cinématographique, Quad Productions, Gaumont, Panache Productions, Main Journey, TF1 Films Production, Ten Films
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: French (France)
Runtime: 1h 57m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)