''Slices of Life'' (''Tranches de vie'') is a 1985 French comedy-sci fi film directed by
François Leterrier. It is based on
Gérard Lauzier
Gérard Lauzier (30 November 1932 – 6 December 2008) was a French comics author and movie director, best known as one of the leading authors in the more adult-oriented French comics scene of the 1970s and 1980s.
Biography
Gérard Lauzier was b ...
's comic strip of the same name.
Plot
The film is a series of sketches
Cast
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Laura Antonelli as Monica Belli
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Michel Boujenah
Michel Boujenah (born 3 November 1952) is a French- Tunisian Jewish actor, comedian, film director, and screenwriter.
Life and career
Michel Boujenah was born on 3 November 1952 in Tunis, Tunisia. He is the brother of Paul Boujenah, a film d ...
as Michel Lambert
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Josiane Balasko
Josiane Balasko (born Josiane Balašković; 15 April 1950) is a French actress, writer, and director. She has been nominated seven times for César Awards, and won twice.
Career
One of Balasko's most recognized roles among English speakers is ...
as Madame Dupuis
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Jean-Pierre Cassel
Jean-Pierre Cassel (born Jean-Pierre Crochon; 27 October 1932 – 19 April 2007) was a French actor.
Early life
Cassel was born Jean-Pierre Crochon in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, the son of Louise-Marguerite (née Fabrègue), an opera sin ...
as The Earl of Forcheville
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Christian Clavier as Charles-Henri
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Marie-Anne Chazel as Béatrice
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Ginette Garcin as Béatrice's mother
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Roland Giraud as Jean
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Pierre Mondy as The President
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Gérard Jugnot
Gérard Jugnot (; born 4 May 1951) is a French actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer.
Jugnot was one of the founders of the comedy ''troupe'' Le Splendid in the 1970s, along with, among others, his high-school friends Christian C ...
as Malounian
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Jean-Pierre Darroussin
Jean-Pierre Darroussin (born 4 December 1953) is a French actor and filmmaker. He was born in Courbevoie, France.
Theater
Filmography Actor
*1992: ''Riens du tout'' (directed by Cédric Klapisch starring Fabrice Luchini, Daniel Berlioux) ...
as The journalist
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Annie Grégorio as The journalist
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Daniel Prévost
Daniel Prévost (born 20 October 1939) is a French actor, comedian and writer.
Early life
Daniel Prévost, alias Denis Forestier, was born to Micheline Chevalier and Mohand Ait Salem. His father was of Berber descent from Algeria (Kabylie re ...
as TV Host
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Pierre Richard as Dubois
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Barbara Nielsen as Marianna
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Martin Lamotte as Alain
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Jacques Dynam
Jacques Dynam (30 December 1923 – 12 November 2004) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1942 and 2004, among which the ''Fantomas'' saga.
Selected filmography
* ''La symphonie fantastique'' (1942) - (uncre ...
as Alex
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Anémone
Anne Bourguignon (; 9 August 1950 – 30 April 2019), known professionally as Anémone (), was a French actress, filmmaker and political activist. She took her stage name in 1968 from the title of her film debut in Philippe Garrel's ''Anémone ...
as Cécile
* Jean Rougerie as Cécile's father
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Michel Galabru
Michel Louis Edmond Galabru (27 October 19224 January 2016) was a French actor.
Career
Galabru appeared in more than 250 films and worked with directors such as Bertrand Blier, Costa-Gavras, Luc Besson (for ''Subway''), and Jean-Luc Godard. ...
as The farmer
* Laurence Badie as The farmer
* Audrey Dana as The woman in the bed
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Hubert Deschamps
Hubert Deschamps (13 September 1923 – 29 December 1998) was a French actor.
He was the son of the museum curator Paul Deschamps (1888–1974) and uncle of the French stage director Jérôme Deschamps.
Selected filmography
* ''The Strol ...
as The prisoner
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Luis Rego as The interpreter
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Jacques Mathou
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Diego Abatantuono
References
External links
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1980s science fiction comedy films
1985 films
French science fiction comedy films
1980s French-language films
French anthology films
Films based on French comics
Films directed by François Leterrier
Live-action films based on comics
1985 comedy films
1980s French films
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