robert colomb have two full time job . he know throughout the world a a globetrotting tv reporter . less well know but equally effortful be his exploit a a full time philanderer . i saw ` vivre pour vivre dub in english with the title live for life . some life . robert seem to always have at least three woman in his life represent one mistress on her way out and one on her way in and and the cheated wife at home . it help that robert be a glib liar . among his most useful lie be ` i will call you tomorrow and ` my work take long than plan . he spend a lot of time and money on plane and train and hotel room for his succession of liaison . you wonder when this guy will get catch with his pant down . some may find his life exciting and but i think it to be tedious . his companion and include his wife and catherine and be all attractive and desirable woman . but his lifestyle be so hectic and he be so deceitful and you wonder if he enjoy all this . add to the tedium be considerable footage that doesn not far the plot . there be extended section with no dialogue or french only dialogue . we see documentary of war and torture and and troop training intersperse with the live action . when robert flight return from africa and we wait and wait for the plane to land and taxi to the airport terminal . annie girardot be the standout performer in this film . hers be the most interesting character and she play it to perfection . it be also nice to see candice bergen at the beginning of her career . i can not find fault with yves montand performance of what be basically an amoral bum . i enjoy some of claude lelouch novel technique . in a hotel room scene and the camera pan around the room a robert and his mistress argue . we catch sight of them briefly during each pas around the room . in another scene set on a sleeping car of a train and robert be lie on the upper bunk while his wife be on the low . robert be give his wife some important but distress news and but we hear only part of it because of the clatter of the train . i sense that his wife be also unable to absorb every word due to the shocking nature of the news . i also like the excite safari scene in africa . the cinematography of those scene and of those in amsterdam be superb . i review this movie a part of a project at the library of congress . i have name the project fifty represent 50 notable film forget within 50 year . a best i can determine and this film and like the other forty nine i have identify and have not be on video and telecast and or distribute in the u. s. since it original release . in my opinion and it be worthy of be make available again .