Lessons on Life

{{short description|1989 Canadian film directed by Jacques Leduc}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Lessons on Life

| native_name = {{Infobox name module|fr|Trois pommes à côté du sommeil}}

| image =

| caption = Film poster

| director = Jacques Leduc

| producer = Suzanne Dussault
Pierre Latour
René Malo

| writer = Jacques Leduc
Michel Langlois

| starring = Normand Chouinard
Paule Baillargeon

| music = René Lussier
Jean Derome

| cinematography = Pierre Letarte

| editing = Pierre Bernier

| studio = Malofilm Productions

| distributor =

| runtime = 98 minutes

| released = {{film date|1989|08|24|MWFF}}

| country = Canada

| language = French

| budget =

}}

Lessons on Life ({{langx|fr|Trois pommes à côté du sommeil}}) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jacques Leduc and released in 1989.Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/trois-pommes-sommeil-jacques-leduc/ "Trois pommes à côté du sommeil – Film de Jacques Leduc"]. Films du Québec, March 12, 2009. The film stars Normand Chouinard as an unnamed magazine journalist who is reflecting on his life, and the important influence of three women on it, on the occasion of his 40th birthday.Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. {{ISBN|1-894073-21-5}}. p. 44.

The cast also includes Paule Baillargeon, Paule Marier, Hubert Reeves, Marcel Sabourin, Guy Nadon, Marie-Josée Gauthier, Frédérique Collin and France Castel.

The film won the Prix Luc-Perreault from the Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma at the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois in 1990."Prizes awarded for Quebec films". The Globe and Mail, February 12, 1990.