To Life (original title: À la vie) is a 2014 French drama film directed and co-written by Jean-Jacques Zilbermann. The film was presented in the Piazza Grande section at the 2014 Locarno International Film Festival. The film stars Julie Depardieu, Johanna ter Steege and Suzanne Clément.

Plot

The film was inspired by the story of Irene Zilbermann, the director's mother, a Holocaust survivor, although the names are changed and particulars fictionalized.

To Life (film)

Three women who met in Auschwitz reconnect 15 years later during a seaside holiday in Berck-Plage.

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Cast

Julie Depardieu as Hélène

Johanna ter Steege as Lili

Suzanne Clément as Rose

Hippolyte Girardot as Henri

Mathias Mlekuz as Raymond

Benjamin Wangermée as Pierre

Accolades

References

External links

(international) (United States)

To Life (film)

Cineuropa

UniFrance

2014 films

2010s French-language films

French drama films

Films set in 1960

2010s female buddy films

Holocaust films

Drama films based on actual events

French female buddy films

2014 drama films

Films directed by Jean-Jacques Zilbermann

2010s French films

Le Pacte films