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Vies (2000)

Vies poster
Directed by
Alain Cavalier
Genre
documentary film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 27m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Four friends in France are followed in their daily work. A surgeon performs his final operation, a sculptor prepares odd artworks, a butcher moves between slaughterhouses and market stalls, and a woman recounts her time as an assistant to Orson Welles.

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What happens

Vies est un documentaire français réalisé par Alain Cavalier, sorti en 2000. Alain Cavalier filme quatre amis : Yves Pouliquen, un chirurgien spécialiste des yeux qui fait sa dernière opération à l'Hôtel-Dieu de Paris ; Jean-Louis Faure, sculpteur qui prépare une exposition d’œuvres insolites ; Michel Labelle, boucher qui partage sa vie professionnelle entre abattoirs et places de marché ; Françoise Widhoff, assistante d'Orson Welles pendant deux ans. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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