This Sweet Sickness (1977)
"Dites-lui que je l'aime" (original title)

David is an accountant. He leaves town every Friday, pretending he is going to take care of his parents at their old people's home. But actually his parents are dead, and he spends the ... See full summary »

Director:

Claude Miller

Writers:

Claude Miller (adaptation), Luc Béraud (adaptation),

Stars:

Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou, Claude Piéplu

6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gérard Depardieu	...	David Martinaud
Miou-Miou	...	Juliette
Claude Piéplu	...	Chouin
Jacques Denis	...	Gérard Dutilleux
Dominique Laffin	...	Lise
Christian Clavier	...	François
Xavier Saint-Macary	...	Michel Barbet
Véronique Silver	...	Madame Barbet
Annick Le Moal	...	Camille
Josiane Balasko	...	Nadine
Robert Dullier
Michel Pilorgé	...	Maurice
Daniel Perche
Jacqueline Jeanne	...	Jeanne
Michel Such	...	Raymond

Storyline

David is an accountant. He leaves town every Friday, pretending he is going to take care of his parents at their old people's home. But actually his parents are dead, and he spends the week-ends converting a chalet. He intends to live there with Lise, a woman he knows and loves since childhood. But Lise has just married another and has a baby. David's mad love does not see those facts as an obstacle...

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Plot Keywords:

love | accountant | insanity | friendship | stalker | 

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

28 September 1977 (France)

Also Known As:

This Sweet Sickness

Filming Locations:

Boissy, Isère, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmoblic, France Regions 3 (FR3), Prospectacle

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Version of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: Annabel (1962)

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Soundtracks

"Phantasie in F-Moll, op. 103"
Written by Franz Schubert

User Reviews

Poor TV movie type of story

I don't agree that this is middle-brow film-making. It's more typical of something on the Lifetime Channel.

I do agree that the movie could have (in other hands) been made intriguing by looking at the chain of obsessions among the characters in the movie - but it fails to do so. This is pretty poor stuff. My main interest was in seeing Depardieu and Miou Miou so much younger than I'm used to seeing them. Even Chamonix looks no more remarkable than any other mountain area. This is really not worth people's time.