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In the film **_Suzanne's Career_** (*La Carrière de Suzanne*), directed by **Éric Rohmer** in 1963, **no characters die**. The film is the second installment of Rohmer's *Six Moral Tales* and is a 54-minute comedy-drama focused on the social and romantic lives of young university students in Paris. Because it belongs to a series characterized by philosophical musings and "moral" dilemmas rather than tragedy or physical conflict, there is no violence or death in the narrative. The film ends with **Suzanne Hocquetot** (played by Catherine Sée) successfully moving on from the manipulative treatment of the two male protagonists, Guillaume and Bertrand. In the final scene, she is seen happily engaged to a wealthy and charming man named Frank. The narrator, Bertrand, concludes the film by noting that Suzanne has "won" or achieved her "revenge" by flourishing and depriving him of the ability to pity or look down on her. ### Potential Point of Confusion It is likely that you are thinking of the 1963 film **_The Birds_**, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. In that movie: * **Who dies:** The character **Annie Hayworth**. * **The Actress:** She was played by **Suzanne Pleshette**. * **How she meets her end:** Annie is killed while protecting the younger character, Cathy, from a swarm of birds. Her body is found on the porch of her home, having been **brutally pecked to death** by crows during a massive bird attack on the town. Alternatively, if you are referring to the title **_Suzanne's Career_** as a metaphor for a character's "demise," some critics view Suzanne's marriage at the end as the "death" of her independence or the end of her life as a free-spirited student, but this is a thematic interpretation rather than a literal death.