It Only Happens to Others

It Only Happens to Others (French: Ça n'arrive qu'aux autres) is a 1971 drama film written and directed by Nadine Trintignant.^[2] The film was made in the wake of the death of Nadine and Jean-Louis Trintignant's daughter Pauline in 1969.

It Only Happens to Others
French theatrical release poster
French	Ça n'arrive qu'aux autres
Directed by	Nadine Trintignant
Written by	Nadine Trintignant
Produced by	Claude Pinoteau
Starring	Catherine Deneuve Marcello Mastroianni
Cinematography	William Lubtchansky
Edited by	Nicole Lubtchansky Carole Marquand
Music by	Michel Polnareff
Production companies	Les Films 13 Marianne Productions Mars Film
Distributed by	Les Films 13 (France) CIC (Italy)
Release dates	29 October 1971 (1971-10-29) (France) 17 February 1972 (1972-02-17) (Italy)
Running time	85 minutes
Countries	France Italy
Language	French
Box office	$6.5 million[1]

Cast

• Catherine Deneuve as Catherine
• Marcello Mastroianni as Marcello
• Serge Marquand as Catherine's brother
• Dominique Labourier as Marguerite
• Danièle Lebrun as Sophie
• Catherine Allégret as mother in park
• Marc Eyraud
• Rosa Chiara Magrini as Marcello's sister
• Benoît Ferreux as little girl
• Marie Trintignant
• Catherine Hiegel
• Edouard Niermans as young man
• Andrée Damant as nurse