It Only Happens to Others

{{short description|1971 film by Nadine Trintignant}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = It Only Happens to Others

| image = It Only Happens to Others poster.png

| caption = French theatrical release poster

| native_name = {{Infobox name module|fr|Ça n'arrive qu'aux autres}}

| director = Nadine Trintignant

| writer = Nadine Trintignant

| producer = Claude Pinoteau

| starring = {{Plainlist|

• Catherine Deneuve
• Marcello Mastroianni

}}

| cinematography = William Lubtchansky

| editing = {{Plainlist|

• Nicole Lubtchansky
• Carole Marquand

}}

| music = Michel Polnareff

| studio = {{Plainlist|

• Les Films 13
• Marianne Productions
• Mars Film

}}

| distributor = {{Plainlist|

• Les Films 13 (France)
• CIC (Italy)

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| released = {{film date|df=yes|1971|10|29|France|1972|2|17|Italy}}

| runtime = 85 minutes

| country = {{Plainlist|

• France
• Italy

}}

| language = French

| budget =

| gross = $6.5 million{{cite web |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=8810 |title=Ça n'arrive qu'aux autres |website=JP Box-Office |language=fr |access-date=14 March 2014}}

}}

It Only Happens to Others ({{langx|fr|Ça n'arrive qu'aux autres}}) is a 1971 drama film written and directed by Nadine Trintignant.{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/96895/Ca-n-arrive-qu-aux-autres/details |title=It Only Happens to Others |access-date=24 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021001035/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/96895/Ca-n-arrive-qu-aux-autres/details |archive-date=21 October 2012 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |year=2012 |url-status=dead}} The film was made in the wake of the death of Nadine and Jean-Louis Trintignant's daughter Pauline in 1969.