Directed by:
Philippe Le GuayCinematography:
Laurent MachuelComposer:
Philippe RombiCast:
Fabrice Luchini, Vincent Lindon, Géraldine Pailhas, Isild Le Besco, Lorànt Deutsch, Catherine Hosmalin, Chantal Neuwirth, Claude Rich, Michel Vuillermoz (more)Plots(1)
A compulsive miser who makes his own life hell, A spendthrift restaurant owner heading for ruin through bad investments, A mysterious woman determined to make men pay, An industrialist who sells off his factories after a brush with death, A young heiress who wants to be loved for herself and an honest young man ready to live on love alone. Over a few days, in Lyons, all these characters come into contact, experience chance encounters and play out their destiny Through their intertwining tales, Le Coût de la vie (The Cost of Living) reveals something about our intimate relationship with money and reaches this strange conclusion: We think we're talking about money when the subject is in fact love. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Fabrice Luchini](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273217_b734ce.jpg)
Fabrice Luchini
France
Best movies:
The Aviator's Wife (1981)
Full Moon in Paris (1984)
Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (1987)
![Vincent Lindon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/812/160812872_8f8643.jpg)
Vincent Lindon
France
Best movies:
Welcome (2009)
Hate (1995)
Betty Blue (1986)
![Géraldine Pailhas](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/784/160784113_f552ca.png)
Géraldine Pailhas
France
Best movies:
The Adversary (2002)
Family Hero (2006)
Didine (2008)
![Isild Le Besco](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/309/162309716_1af4ef.png)
Isild Le Besco
France
Best movies:
My King (2015)
The Good Heart (2009)
A Parting Shot (2007)
![Lorànt Deutsch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/346/162346637_2ff85a.png)
Lorànt Deutsch
France
Best movies:
The Day of the Crows (2012)
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods (2014)
Part-Time Cops (2003)
![Catherine Hosmalin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/314/159314917_38c9a3.jpg)
Catherine Hosmalin
Best movies:
I've Loved You So Long (2008)
The Round Up (2010)
Maigret (1991) (series)
![Chantal Neuwirth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/523/161523503_af01a5.png)
Chantal Neuwirth
Best movies:
The Double Life of Veronique (1991)
A Very Long Engagement (2004)
The Day of the Crows (2012)
![Claude Rich](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271136_adc1e2.jpg)
Claude Rich
France
Best movies:
Order of the Daisy (1967)
Pope John XXIII (2002) (TV movie)
Oscar (1967)
![Michel Vuillermoz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/890/159890217_17b5e5.jpg)
Michel Vuillermoz
France
Best movies:
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
Atonement (2007)
My Life as a Courgette (2016)
![Bertille Chabert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/532/160532268_0a7147.png)
Bertille Chabert
Best movies:
Alex Hugo (2014) (series)
Alternate Weeks (and Half the Vacation) (2009)
The Cost of Living (2003)
Chloé Mons
Best movies:
Read My Lips (2001)
The Big Night (2012)
The Code (2002)
![Camille Japy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/528/161528665_cd68ad.png)
Camille Japy
Belgium
Best movies:
Taken (2008)
Do It Right (2017)
Corporate (2017)
Alain Blazquez
France
Best movies:
The Advocate (1993)
Freedom (2009)
One for the Road (2009)
Philippe Fretun
Best movies:
Mauvais Sang (1986)
Romantics Anonymous (2010)
Série noire (1984) (series)
![Nils Hugon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/314/159314770_54eb3e.jpg)
Nils Hugon
France
Best movies:
Tom Thumb (2001)
The Cost of Living (2003)
Comedy of Innocence (2000)
![Patrice Juiff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/933/162933988_ff8af5.jpg)
Patrice Juiff
Best movies:
Pa-ra-da (2008)
French Kiss (1995)
Departure (2015)
![Jean-Baptiste Malartre](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/832/160832696_d4175b.png)
Jean-Baptiste Malartre
Best movies:
Carlos (2010) (TV movie)
Les Destinées sentimentales (2000)
The Cost of Living (2003)
Agathe Dronne
Best movies:
Full Time (2021)
The Names of Love (2010)
Les Cowboys (2015)
Xavier De Guillebon
Best movies:
Allied (2016)
Le Goût des autres (2000)
The Page Turner (2006)
Franck Adrien
Best movies:
The Ideal Palace (2018)
Freedom (2009)
SK1 (2014)