Vincent, François, Paul and the Others () is a 1974 French film directed by Claude Sautet based on the novel La grande Marrade by Claude Néron.

Plot Three friends face mid-life crises. Paul is a writer who's blocked. François has lost his ideals and practices medicine for the money; his wife grows distant, even hostile. The charming Vincent, everyone's favorite, faces bankruptcy, his mistress leaves him, and his wife, from whom he's separated, wants a divorce.

Cast Yves Montand as Vincent Michel Piccoli as François Serge Reggiani as Paul Gérard Depardieu as Jean Lavallee Stéphane Audran as Catherine Marie Dubois as Lucie Umberto Orsini as Jacques Ludmila Mikaël as Marie Antonella Lualdi as Julia Catherine Allégret as Colette Betty Beckers as Myriam Yves Gabrielli as Michel Jean Capel as Jamain Mohamed Galoul as Jo Catano Jacques Richard as Armand David Tonelli as Marco Nicolas Vogel as Clovis Jean-Denis Robert as Pierre Myriam Boyer as Laurence Daniel Lecourtois as Georges Pierre Maguelon as Farina Maurice Auzel as Simon

Reception Roger Ebert gave the film 4 out of 4 stars.

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