Half a Life (French: Mourir à 30 ans) is a 1982 film directed by Romain Goupil.

The film is a biographical black-and-white documentary about Michel Recanati, a militant leader during the May 1968 riots in Paris.

It tells the story of two friends through the left-wing groups in Paris between 1966 and 1978 when Michel goes missing and it is later discovered that he committed suicide.

It also documents the history of the CAL [Highschool Student Action Committee] and the LCR Revolutionary Communist League .

His father Pierre worked in the cinema and Romain armed with a super 8 camera took some footage of the student riots and meetings from that time in Paris.