The Suburbs Are Everywhere
1973, French. Directed by Gérard Pirès.
He is a sales rep. She is a secretary. They live in the suburbs but she works in Paris. They don't see much of each other and spend much of their time in commuter trains. They try desperately to change job locations to be more often together, but... The plot is not the important thing in the film ; what makes it emblematic of the early and mid-seventies is the insouciant atmosphere. The '74 oil crisis had not yet morphed into a recession, and life was good - even though it was as hard as ever to find a home near one's workplace (or the reverse) ! Marthe Keller and Jacques Higelin are both excellent. The movie is not an all-time great, but it captures the "zeitgeist" of French life in the Seventies.
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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Cast & crew
- Gérard PirèsDirector
- Marthe KellerMarlène Réval
- Jacques HigelinBernard Réval
- Nathalie CourvalMarie
- Robert CastelMarcel
- Jean-Pierre DarrasDucros
- Victor LanouxGeorges
- Daniel PrévostL'employé des réclamations de la SNCF
- Jacques LegrasLe représentant
- Annie CordyL'agent immobilier
- Ginette LeclercMadame Blin
- Claude PiépluLe directeur de l'usine
- Alice SapritchL'automobiliste hargneuse
Details
- Released
- 22 February 1973
- Original title
- Elle court, elle court la banlieue
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The Suburbs Are Everywhere runs 91 minutes (1h 31m).
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The Suburbs Are Everywhere isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 22 February 1973. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Suburbs Are Everywhere?
If you liked The Suburbs Are Everywhere, try The Women on the 6th Floor, Dead Tired, Comédie-Française.
Who directed The Suburbs Are Everywhere?
The Suburbs Are Everywhere (1973) was directed by Gérard Pirès and stars Marthe Keller, Jacques Higelin, Nathalie Courval.