C'est la vie ! (1980)
Genre : Comedy, Drama
Runtime : 1H 27M
Director : Paul Vecchiali
Synopsis
Ginette is at phone with the famous Rachah Rangers, who hosts a daily radio program. She talks about her break with Richard, her various relationship problems, her desires, fears and reproaches. Her friend, Simone Barbes, advised her to live, urgently, a new relationship ...
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