‘The Things of Life’ succeeds in its refusal to be cleverer than necessary
The Things of Life (Les Chose de la Vie) Directed by Claude Sautet Written by Paul Guimard, Claude Sautet France, 1970 Claude Sautet’s films often get lost in the New Wave shuffle. Alongside contemporaries Bertrand Tavernier and Alain Cavalier, his cinema was alive and kicking in the 1960s, though he didn’t come into his own …