Romy Shneider and Michel Piccoli in Les Choses de la Vie

A masterclass for film production students: The much underrated Claude Sautet s Les Choses de la Vie (1970). Besides the brilliance of the script, editing, and directing of the pivotal accident scene (unbelievably better than Iñárritu s overrated 21 Grams ), this restaurant sequence is a showcase for the actors abilities. Pay especial attention to Romy Schneider s wonderfully organic changes of the mood, and Michel Piccoli s effortlessly insouciant look. Here s an English transcription of what they sa