L'homme qui aimait les femmes (1977)

Director:

François Truffaut

Writers:

Michel Fermaud (writer)
Suzanne Schiffman (writer)

Release Date:

25 August 1977 (Sweden)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

Many women are attending Bertrand Morane's burial. They are all the ones that 40 years old engineer loved...

Plot Keywords:

Novel | Womanizer | Adultery | Swinging | Rental Car

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Charles Denner	...	Bertrand Morane
Brigitte Fossey	...	Geneviève Bigey
Nelly Borgeaud	...	Delphine Grezel
Geneviève Fontanel	...	Hélène (as Genevieve Fontanel)
Leslie Caron	...	Véra
Nathalie Baye	...	Martine Desdoits
Valérie Bonnier	...	Fabienne (as Valerie Bonnier)
Jean Dasté	...	Docteur Bicard
Sabine Glaser	...	Bernadette
Henri Agel	...	Lecteur
Chantal Balussou
Nella Barbier	...	Liliane, la Karateka
Anne Bataille	...	La jeune femme à la robe frangée
Martine Chassaing	...	Denise
Ghylaine Dumas	...	La seconde employée 'Midi-Car'

Also Known As:

The Man Who Loved Women (USA)

Runtime:

120 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Black and White | Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M (DVD rating) | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Singapore:NC-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Montpellier, Hérault, France

Company:

Les Films du Carrosse

Trivia:

Director Cameo: ['Francois Truffaut']man outside cemetery at the beginning of the film.

Quotes:

Bertrand Morane: As some animal species, women practice hibernation. Four months long, they disappear, they cannot be seen. At the first ray of sunlight in march, as if they had given themselves the word, or had received some order of mobilization, they come out in the streets by tens, in light dresses and high heels. Then life starts again.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Day for Night: An Appreciation (2003) (V)

François Truffaut does it again

Another terrific character driven movie, François Truffaut creates a story that makes you laugh as well as cry. Charles Denner stars as a fan of the ladies. More than that, he is in great need of woman so much that is ends up to be his doom. The movie begins at the end, with the funeral. Like Hitchcock, François Truffaut makes a cameo at the beginning as his trademark. From there, we begin to see who this man was and why is urge for women caused his death. A very sexy film for 1977, it is still as funny today than it was almost 30 years ago. Unlike American movies, it is very difficult to have a scene with just words and no action. Many scenes in the movie are one shot scenes with nothing but pages of words, words and more words. This is the movie's strong point, besides having several beautiful women. The language (not just French) in the movie is powerful to its audience. It speaks to both men and women.