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Director:
Writers:
Christopher Frank (novel)
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Release Date:
April 1977 (USA) more
Genre:
Plot:
Servais Mont, a photographer, meets Nadine Chevalier who earns her money starring in cheap soft-core movies... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
The most overrated French movie of all time ? more (6 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Romy Schneider ... Nadine Chevalier
Fabio Testi ... Servais Mont
Jacques Dutronc ... Jacques Chevalier
Claude Dauphin ... Mazelli
Roger Blin ... Le père de Servais / Servais's father
Gabrielle Doulcet ... Madame Mazelli
Michel Robin ... Raymond Lapade
Guy Mairesse ... Laurent Messala
Katia Tchenko ... Myriam, la putain
Nicoletta Machiavelli ... Luce, la femme de Lapade
Klaus Kinski ... Karl-Heinz Zimmer
Paul Bisciglia ... L'assistant-metteur en scène
Henri Coutet ... Le père de Jacques (scenes deleted)
Sylvain Levignac ... Le premier homme dans la brasserie (as Sylvain)
Andrée Tainsy ... La mère de Jacques (scenes deleted)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
L'importante è amare (Italy)
Nachtblende
That Most Important Thing: Love (USA)
The Main Thing Is to Love
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Runtime:
109 min | Germany:105 min (cut)
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Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
'Romy Schneider' considered this movie her best work. more
Quotes:
Nadine Chevalier: I'm dubbing Jane Fonda. more
Movie Connections:
References King Kong (1933) more

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6 out of 53 people found the following comment useful.
The most overrated French movie of all time ?, 15 January 2006
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Author: dbdumonteil

This one is a strong contender!Romy Schneider was highly praised (and granted a Cesar) for her "harrowing" part but Zulawski is definitely a deeply boring terribly pretentious director.Outside Schneider,the casts includes zombie Dutronc who portrays a totally unconvincing character with suicidal tendencies and Fabio Testi,one of the worst Italian actors.

The plot is very trite but it is given a "meaningful" "intellectual" treatment whose purpose is to make the audience feel they have watched an "important" work.

Nadine Chevalier was Schneider's answer to those who thought she was still their Sissi.

I'm not an intellectual:I like Sissi best.

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