Synopsis
Helen, Rose and Lili have survived the Holocaust and have never seen each other since the war has ended. In 1960, they meet again in Berck, France. They learn to enjoy together simple pleasures in life: nice meals, ballads on the beach, playing in the waves.
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Cast
- Julie DepardieuHélène
- Suzanne ClémentRose
- Hippolyte GirardotHenri
- Johanna ter SteegeLili
- Béatrice MichelMadame Simone
- Mathias MlekuzRaymond
- Benjamin WangermeePierre
- Anne-Marie PisaniLa concierge
- Wojciech PszoniakL'imprimeur
- Franck AoustUn serveur Charlier
Recommendations
- 80
The New York Times
There is a delicate beauty to this movie and its visual composition. - 75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
À la vie is a gentle toast – the film sticks to its subtle tone, which is both its strength and its weakness. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Absent any real sense of who these three women are as individuals, most of their behavior is reduced to what feels like tics that are meant to illuminate character in a rather crude way. - 50
Los Angeles Times
More resonant in theory than in execution, the post-Holocaust drama To Life never truly embraces the promise of its title or the roiling emotion beneath its surface. - 40
Variety
Given the complexity of everything the characters went through, it’s a shame to witness their lives reduced to a sequence of TV-movie moments.
