C'est la vie! poster

C'est la vie! (2017)

Film · 1h 55m · In French

Comedy, Foreign (non-English)

A veteran wedding planner navigates a chaotic, witty celebration with a measured, heartwarming touch.

Crowd-pleasing and intimate, with dry wit. A date-night pick at a measured pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.

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C'est la vie! parents guide

There is no US rating to lean on. What we tagged stays mild: no real violence and mild language.

Scare
Not scary
Jump scares
None noted
Gore
No gore
Violence
No real violence
Sex and nudity
None flagged
It has no US rating to check against, so treat our zero as unconfirmed.
Language
Mild
Mild words like damn, hell or crap.

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What is C'est la vie! about?

Max is a battle-weary veteran of the wedding-planning racket. His latest — and last — gig is a hell of a fête, involving stuffy period costumes for the caterers, a vain, hyper- sensitive singer who thinks he's a Gallic James Brown, and a morose, micromanaging groom determined to make Max's night as miserable as possible. But what makes the affair too bitter to endure is that Max's colleague and ostensible girlfriend, Joisette, seems to have written him off, coolly going about her professional duties while openly flirting with a much younger server. It's going to be a very long night… especially once the groom's aerial serenade gets underway.

Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)

Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.

Cast and crew

Directed byÉric Toledano, Olivier Nakache
StarringJean-Pierre Bacri, Gilles Lellouche, Jean-Paul Rouve, Vincent Macaigne, Alban Ivanov, Eye Haïdara

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